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'Sentinel' technology to assess probability and ecological consequences of gene flow from GMOs released into the environment

Reference	GM114166
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor John Draper
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Mark Bailey, Dr Christopher Clegg, Mr Robert Darby, Professor Royston Goodacre, Professor Gareth Griffith, Dr Dylan Jones, Dr John Scullion, Professor Peter Williams, Dr Michael Winson
Institution	Aberystwyth University
Department	Inst of Biological, Environ & Rural Sci
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	404,904
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/07/2001
End date	31/12/2004
Duration	42 months

Abstract

Worm casts will provide samples for chemical fingerprinting (FT-IR and Mass Spectroscopy coupled with Machine Learning) and community diversity profiling by DGGE analysis of 16S DNA, to monitor in soils containing GM bacteria/plants/plant debris. Using marked (lux and GFP) donor and recipient strains we will model the consequences of acquiring a salicylate hydroxylase gene from recombinant bacteria, natural soil flora and GM plants. Population shifts/microbial activity in microcosms polluted with salicylate/naphthalene will be compared to competitiveness in virgin environments. A major output will be high-throughput, sensitive sentinel technology to allow detection and quantification of any perturbation in microbial ecology associated with GMOs.

Summary

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	Gene Flow in Plants and Microorganisms (GM1) [2000]
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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