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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/FT170100341
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
Atmospheric carbon fixation: a novel microbial process in Antarctic soils. This project aims to challenge our global understanding of carbon fixation. In most ecosystems, phototrophy supports higher-trophic life, yet no genetic evidence for photosynthesis exists in Antarctic desert soils. The project will determine the significance of atmospheric chemotrophy, a microbial driven process based on the consumption of atmospheric gases that it is proposed supports energy maintenance and biomass assimilation in nutrient-starved Antarctic desert soils. Additionally, the project will establish if these processes are structuring soil microbial communities, particularly in response to climate change. The expected project outcome is knowledge of primary production at the nutritional limits of life. This should provide significant benefit, such as a shift in our knowledge of the biological sciences as a new minimalistic mode of primary production.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 12-2017
End Date: 07-2023
Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships
Funding Amount: $924,105.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Microbial Genetics | Microbial Ecology | Soil Biology | Microbiology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |
