Project overview

The Seagrass microbiome has been shown to benefit and increase the ecological fitness of the seagrass host.
 

Previous work conducted by my research team has identified the possible role of the microbiome of Ruppia in sustaining its presence in the Coorong. This work was based on the prokaryote community involved in the microbiome.
The proposed honours project builds on our previous work, by including new data on the community of eukaryotes involved in the microbiome consortium of Ruppia, thus providing a more comprehensive understanding of (a) the composition of the Ruppia microbiome in the Coorong and (b) the role and contribution of prokaryotes and eukaryotes to the microbiome.​