The Marsh Microbiome and Climate Change Resilience

Abstract

Aim 1: The Culture Library. The creation of a publicly-available repository that documents the microbial diversity of the CT tidal marshes

Aim 2: Characterization of Microbiome Ecology. Experimentation to describe the way that each microbe interacts with the plant species of the tidal marsh.

Aim 3: Identification of resilient plant-microbe interactions. Climate change simulations will identify microbes that help plants tolerate the environmental conditions predicted under climate change.