Acronym PROMICROBE
Category
Aquaculture
Title Microbes as positive actors for more sustainable aquaculture Programme FP7
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
FP7 - Small or Medium-Scale Focused Research Project
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
KBBE – Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Specific Programme (FP7)
Cooperation
Funding source European Coordinator Peter Bossier Coordinator email peter.bossier@ugent.be
Coordinator institution
UGent - Ghent University (Belgium)
Institutions involved
IFREMER - French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (France) ,
NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway) ,
SINTEF - SINTEF (Norway) ,
SINTEF-SFH - SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture (Norway) ,
NA - VIB (Belgium) ,
WUR - Wageningen University and Research (Netherlands) ,
Start year 2009 End year 2013 Funding (€) € 3,945,246 Website http://www.promicrobe.ugent.be/ Summary This project suggests bringing together various European research groups that have contributed to some important methodological break-through that can be used in the study of host/microbe interactions and can help to disentangle the complex interplay between the different components of the aquaculture ecosystem. The work packages are directed towards the systematic gathering of novel information in relation to the axis host-host microbial community-system microbial community. It is anticipated that this novel information will allow developing new concepts that will be translated into new or adapted protocols to rear aquaculture organisms in a biological stable and economical efficient way.
(1) How does the microbial community evolve as the host progresses through its life cycle?; (2) How stable is the microbial community in relation to perturbation caused by changes in environmental conditions and how resilient is the microbial community?; (3) What is the effect of micro-organisms on the host metabolism, its disease susceptibility and viability?; (4) Considering that some environmental factors (e.g. salinity, feed composition) have a major influence on the MC composition, to what degree is it possible to influence or steer the MC composition and activity?; (5) To what extend can microbes present in aquaculture rearing systems be (re-)used to retain organic wastes and nutrients, and thus reduce the impact on the environment?
Keywords
Fish biology;
Larvae;
Wastes;
Larval rearing;
Diets;
Feed composition;
Fish;
Genetic;
Disease;
Protocol;
Microbial communities;
Marine Region
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Not associated to marine areas
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