Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lab of Edward F. DeLong, PhD
| Term |
Amount |
Date Approved |
| 49 months |
$4,705,729 |
May 2008 |
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Purpose
In support of research in the laboratory of Senior Investigator Dr. Edward F. DeLong on the dynamics of the composition and gene expression patterns of planktonic microbial communities. The outcomes of this grant include a deeper understanding of how bacterial and archaeal populations change in space and time in natural and perturbed marine systems, how microbes communicate with each other in ocean environments, and how widely distributed genes of important ecological function impact marine biogeochemical cycles.
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