Collaborative Research: EDGE-FGT: Furthering Progress on a Genetic System for the Oceans' — NSF Award to University of Wisconsin-M
The picocyanobacterium Prochlorococcus is the smallest, most numerically abundant photosynthesizing organism in the global ocean ecosystem, contributing to almost 10% of global carbon fixation – roughly as much as global croplands. Its abundance is attributed to its enormous genetic diversity; while each cell contains
| Award title | Collaborative Research: EDGE-FGT: Furthering Progress on a Genetic System for the Oceans' |
|---|---|
| Award ID | 2319334 |
| Awardee | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| City | MADISON |
| State | WI |
| Amount obligated | $135,529 |
| Principal investigator | Briana Burton |
| Program | EDGE Tools |
| Start date | 09/01/2023 |
| Abstract | The picocyanobacterium Prochlorococcus is the smallest, most numerically abundant photosynthesizing organism in the global ocean ecosystem, contributing to almost 10% of global carbon fixation – roughly as much as global croplands. Its abundance is attributed to its enormous genetic diversity; while each cell contains around 2,000 genes, the Prochlorococcus collective has over 80,000 unique genes, allowing these cells to inhabit a wide range of marine environments. Most of these genes are of unk |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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