Diversity and metabolic abilities of antarctic bacteria

Project information

TAN, Dr Irene

University of Malaya

Australia (or home country), Ardery and Odbert Islands ASPA, Balaena Island, Bunger Hills, Casey, Clark Peninsula ASPA, Davis, Frazier Islands, Law Dome, Mawson, NE Bailey Peninsula ASPA, Snyder Rocks, Wilkes Land Coast, Windmill Islands

Project aim

This project aims to determine bacterial diversity in Antarctica, including “non-culturable” strains, by the use of various techniques. Environmental samples will be tested for genes of interest, and if positively indicated, bacterial isolation would be attempted to obtain pure cultures for detailed study of metabolic traits which have potential industrial applications.

Related publications

Polyhydroxyalkanoate production by Antarctic soil bacteria isolated from Casey Station and Signy Island. Microbiological Research, 2012 (Ref: 14826)
Authors:
Goh Y.S.Tan I.K.P.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) is a family of biopolymers produced by some bacteria and is accumulated intracellularly as carbon and energy storage material. Fifteen PHA-producing bacterial strains were identified from bacteria isolated from Antarctic soils collected around Casey Station (66°17'S…
DGGE fingerprinting of bacteria in soils from eight ecologically different sites around Casey Station, Antarctica Polar Biology, 2009 (Ref: 13615)
Authors:
Chong C.W.Tan G.Y.A.Wong R.C.S.Riddle M.J.Tan I.K.P.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Bacterial community structures in soils collected … from eight sites around Casey Station, Antarctica, were … investigated using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis … (DGGE) of ampliWed 16S rRNA gene fragments.

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