Objective The environment is experiencing rapid and accelerating changes, largely originating from human activity, whether coming from local impacts or from the more dispersed effect of global climate change. Only now are we developing the molecular tools required to adequately document microbial diversity on a routine basis. These tools are arising from the combination of three powerful techniques, namely analytical flow cytometry, artificial neural nets and molecular probes. The latter coupled with micro-array construction provide a novel technique to quantify the abundance and distribution of microorganisms in a rapid and sensitive method. Phylogenetic micro-arrays will be developed to assess water quality, to monitor biodiversity of organisms difficult to identify by traditional means and to compare with traditional means of assessment. Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologyphycologynatural sciencesearth and related environmental scienceshydrologynatural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologyprotozoologynatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystemsnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes Programme(s) FP5-LIFE QUALITY - Specific Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Quality of life and management of living resources", 1998-2002 Topic(s) 1.1.1.-3. - Key action The "Cell factory" Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI CAMERINO Address 2,via f. camerini 2 62032 Camerino Italy See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (2) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Am handelshaven 12 27570 Bremerhaven See on map DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address Julianalaan 67 2628 BC Delft See on map
