How bacteria move in the soil and the impact of these movements on crop root colonisation
- Project start: 01/09/2021
- End of project: 01/09/2024
- Principal Investigator: Lionel DUPUY
- Funder: Ministry of Science and Innovation
- Call: Knowledge Generation
- Reference number: PID2020-112950RR-I00
General objective:
To understand how soil microbes move in the soil to colonise plant roots. Application includes understanding the functioning of biological fertilisers, soil health and biological diversity.
Specific objectives:
- To develop model systems and an experimental setup where monitoring and quantification of the morphology and dynamics of bacterial flocks is possible,
- To generate data for the quantitative characterisation of bacterial flock movements at both micro- and macroscopic scales,
- Develop a mechanistic understanding of how individual microbial behaviour is linked to flock formation at the macroscopic scale,
- Understand how changes in environmental conditions affect associations between cultures and the growth-promoting bacterium Bacillus subtilis.
Proyecto TED2021-130759B-C32 de investigación financiado por MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 y por la Unión Europea NextGenerationEU/PRTR
