Assessing the functional microbes for methane transformation in Amazonian soils

• Grant number: 20/10326-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: August 01, 2020
• End date: January 31, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Microbiology - Applied Microbiology
• Agreement: NSF - Dimensions of Biodiversity and BIOTA
• Principal Investigator: Tsai Siu Mui
• Grantee: Heloísa de Matos Trinca
• Host Institution: Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura (CENA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil

Abstract

In this proposal, integrated to the project "Dimensions US-BIOTA-São Paulo: Integrating dimensions of microbial biodiversity across land use change in tropical forests" (FAPESP 2014/50320-4), the trainee will be involved in the project targeting the functional microbial groups related to methane cycling in Amazonian soils. The student will support the work developed by the postdoctoral researchers, where the use of stable-isotope probing (SIP) analysis will be combined with traditional culturing strategies, to get a final picture on the active members of the community performing these transformations.