Soil-borne microbes in soil restoration: why they live there, how they respond to environmental factors, and what are the consequences in ecosystem services?
22-08-2017
We have proof-of-concept that microbe bio-indicators exist in soils under restoration and they respond to abiotic factors and nutrients content. However there is a need to explore and understand how those bio-indicators genetically respond to abiotic factors. Therefore, we seek in this project to systematically assess microbial community gene structure and, gene and protein functions, and determine the genes/proteins categories in carbon and nitrogen cycles.
Theme:
Microbiomes, Global environmental change
Funding
BE-BASIC
Research team
