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PHABB · Pathogens of Algae for Biocontrol and Biosecurity

„Хоризонт Европа“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период
2024-01-01 → 2027-12-31
Финансиране от ЕС
2 181 989 €
Участници
20
Схема
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN

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Накратко на български

Патогените на водораслите се изследват, за да се разбере как да се борим с болестите при култивираните водорасли и вредните цъфтежи. Това е важно, за да се защитят ресурсите за питейна вода и производството на храна и горива.

Този кратък обзор е генериран от изкуствен интелект

Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.

Резултати накратко

Pathogens of Algae for Biocontrol and Biosecurity

Micro- and macroalgae are fundamental components of aquatic ecosystems and will play an increasingly important role in our future. While many algae are beneficial, such as seaweeds used for food, biofuels, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics, others can have detrimental effects. Harmful algal blooms (HABs), for instance, degrade water quality and can severely impact wild and farmed fish and shellfish, as well as drinking water resources. Climate change is further exacerbating the frequency and intensity of these blooms. As a result, HABs pose growing challenges to global aquaculture, including seaweed farming, the fastest expanding aquaculture sector and one with major socio-economic importance in many regions. PHABB addresses these challenges through a unifying research question: how can we fight pathogens of algae to safeguard seaweed production, and exploit them to combat harmful algal blooms? To tackle this, PHABB brings together a consortium of European academic and industrial partners with complementary expertise spanning marine and freshwater algal–pathogen interactions, microbial ecology and evolution, epidemiology, taxonomy, microscopy, and omics approaches. Within this framework, ten doctoral candidates are being trained to investigate the biological and evolutionary drivers of microbial community dynamics, virulence, and host specificity, with the ultimate goal of developing innovative strategies for disease management in seaweeds and biocontrol of HABs. We expect PHABB to have a lasting impact on both research and industry in this field, primarily through the doctoral candidates, who will carry and apply the expertise developed during the programme throughout their careers.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

Algae play an important role in water ecosystems and our future increasingly depends on the presence of both desirable and undesirable algae. Desirable algae are, for example, seaweeds that we consume, use for biofuels, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. Whereas undesirable algae can form harmful algal blooms (HABs) that can alter the quality of water, with dramatic consequences for wild and farmed fish and shellfish, as well as our supply of drinking water. Micro and macroalgae are vulnerable to many diseases. The presence of pathogens and their potential spread to non-native areas can significantly hinder seaweed production. Likewise, microscopic algae (i.e. cyanobacteria, diatoms, and dino-flagellates) that can form HABs are also vulnerable to many pathogens. There are a wide range of microorganisms, including fungal, oomycete, protist, bacterial and viral agents that can all reduce fitness or kill algae. Therefore, the central research aim that links all 10 training projects in PHABB is to exploit the infection strategies of algal pathogens to either fight diseases that they cause in seaweeds or to harness these infection tactics to combat harmful algal blooms. To achieve this goal, PHABB brings together an exceptional combination of researchers in Europe from both academia and SMEs that have unique expertise to train and mentor 10 early career researchers in understanding biological and evolutionary processes linked to microbial community dynamics, virulence and host specificity of a range of pathogens of both desirable algae as well as undesirable algae. The overall aim is to develop new disease management strategies in seaweeds and biocontrol measures of HABs with the help of natural pathogens. The ESRs in PHABB will gain broad interdisciplinary skills plus a translational mindset through our integrated and inter-sectoral training programme and will secure continued vital research on Biocontrol of HABs and Biosecurity of seaweeds in Europe.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

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Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз