Determining first principles behind metabolic rate/yield trade-offs in anaerobic hydrogeno — NSF Award to University of Pennsylvan
Microbial energy and mass transfers have profound ecological and biogeochemical consequences, yet the controls directing microbial metabolic trade-offs remain poorly understood. The proposed project will study metabolic shifts in energy and mass transfers by microorganisms living through some of the earliest-evolving m
| Award title | Determining first principles behind metabolic rate/yield trade-offs in anaerobic hydrogeno |
|---|---|
| Award ID | 2529537 |
| Awardee | University of Pennsylvania |
| City | PHILADELPHIA |
| State | PA |
| Amount obligated | $419,225 |
| Principal investigator | Ileana Perez-Rodriguez |
| Program | Integrtv Ecological Physiology |
| Start date | 10/15/2025 |
| Abstract | Microbial energy and mass transfers have profound ecological and biogeochemical consequences, yet the controls directing microbial metabolic trade-offs remain poorly understood. The proposed project will study metabolic shifts in energy and mass transfers by microorganisms living through some of the earliest-evolving metabolisms known on Earth. By focusing efforts towards microbes driving primary production anaerobically with molecular hydrogen — through a metabolic process known as chemosynthes |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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