Objective
Historic buildings (with wooden foundation poles) and archaeological wood will be preserved by solving the problem of bacterial degradation of wood (a threat concerning wood across Europe). In both cases the environmental conditions are very similar. There is little (or no) oxygen present and there is a risk from environmental pollutant. Bacterial degradation of wood is not fully understood. Until now identification of the bacteria was impossible. This project willidentify the bacteria responsible, a major advance beyond the state of the art. Identification will use advanced molecular DNA biology. The identity of the bacteria will enable us to develop techniques for prediction, diagnosis, monitoring, prevention and curing environmental damage cussed by bacterial attack. One of the aims is to explore the efficiency of phages (bacterial specific viruses, a recent medical breakthrough) in preservation methodology.
Call for proposal
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CSC - Cost-sharing contractsCoordinator
6704 AT Wageningen
Netherlands
Participants (7)
1042 AX Amsterdam
37077 Goettingen
3811 CV Amersfoort
582 25 Linkoeping
3800 BP Amersfoort
750 08 Uppsala
PO1 2DY Portsmouth