Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE170100310

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE170100310

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Atmospheric trace gases: Fuelling the dormant microbial majority. This project aims to determine the physiological roles and ecological significance of hydrogen, methane and carbon monoxide scavenging. Bacteria adapt to adverse environmental conditions such as energy-starvation by entering dormant states. The fuel sources that sustain this dormant majority have yet to be resolved. Aerobic soil bacteria survive by scavenging trace gases from the atmosphere; they literally live on thin air. These trace gas scavengers are the major biological sinks in the global methane and hydrogen cycles. This project aims to study entire ecosystems of trace gas scavengers, which could enhance understanding of soil microbial ecology and biogeochemical cycling. By studying the regulation and distribution of gas scavenging, we can better model how these sinks respond to global change.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2017

End Date: 31-12-2019

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $360,533.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Microbial Ecology | Microbiology | Climate Change Processes | Bacteriology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Bacteriology | Climate Change Processes | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences | Microbial Ecology | Microbiology

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