| General info | |
| Project title | Microbial reactions in seas using new approaches: genetic, bio-geochemistry and modeling |
| Project reference | 115Y629 |
| Begin date | 2016-04-15 |
| End date | 2018-10-15 |
| Location | |
| Geographic coverage | Regular monitoring station at 200m isobaths near Erdemli, Turkey. |
| Description | |
| Abstract | The goal of the project is to determine the temporal dynamics of the species composition, the community structure and the abundances of the bacteria that play important roles in the biogeochemical cycles of the Mediterranean as well as determining the rates of the reactions that the bacteria perform using a combination of genetic analyses, high-frequency biochemical measurements and numerical models.
In order to achieve these goals, metagenomic analysis will be performed on samples taken from a regular monitoring station near Erdemli. A modeling system, whose output can directly be compared to the results of the metagenomic and metatranscriptomic analysis, will be developed and the rates of the reactions performed by the bacteria will be obtained from the model by estimating the fixed parameters in the model that control these reaction rates using the physical, chemical, biological and genetic measurements performed at the station. Finally, the bacterial reaction rates determined by a combination of the numerical modeling system and the measurements at the station will be validated using isotope tracer experiments. Furthermore, the novel method developed in this project for determining the temporal dynamics of bacterially mediated reaction rates can be applied not only to the Mediterranean Sea but also to other seas and lakes around the world.
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| Coordinator | |
| Coordinating organisation | Institute of Marine Sciences, Middle East Technical University
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| Country of Coordinator | Turkey |
| Contact name | Baris Salihoglu |
| Title | Prof. |
| Contact organisation | Institute of Marine Sciences, Middle East Technical University
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| Phone | +903245212150 |
| Fax | +903245212327 |
| Email | baris@ims.metu.edu.tr |
| Edmerp metadata | |
| Edmerp id | 12265 |
| Collating centre | Institute of Marine Sciences, Middle East Technical University
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| Latest update | 2017-09-11 |
