Applied Microbial Ecology

微生物生态学是微生物学、生态学和生物信息学的结合，揭示了宿主-微生物相互作用作为陆地生态系统功能(如生产力和弹性)的驱动因素的重要作用。儿童权利中心的目标是在以下背景下探索多领域宿主-微生物相互作用：(1)分类和功能微生物群落结构的时间变化；(2)由于全球变化而增加的非生物压力；(3)作为化学品替代品的微生物生物控制技术(合成群落)的发展。应用微生物生态学中的CRC既将扩大我们对植物-微生物共生的机械理解，又将改进旨在维持生态系统生产力和弹性的技术。

Microbial ecology, a synergy between microbiology, ecology, and bioinformatics, has revealed an important role for host-microbe interactions as drivers of terrestrial ecosystem functions such as productivity and resilience. The objective of the CRC is to explore multi-domain host-microbe interactions in a context of (1) temporal variation of taxonomic and functional microbial community structure; (2) increasing abiotic stresses due to global change; and (3) development of microbial bio-control technologies (synthetic communities) as an alternative to chemicals. The CRC in Applied Microbial Ecology will both expand our mechanistic understanding of plant-microbe symbioses and improve technologies aimed at maintaining ecosystem productivity and resilience.