Eric Lam

Rutgers University

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Projects

Uncovering the composition and function of the aquatic microbiome for duckweeds

Lead Institution

University of Tennessee

Principal Investigator

Sarah Lebeis

Project type

FICUS Research

Duckweed is a family of aquatic plants that are the fastest flowering plants in the world. They are capable of quickly converting wastewater into an easily harvestable, low lignin content biomass…

Uncovering microbial mechanisms to improve duckweed growth from biofuel/bioproduct production and nutrient cycling in aquatic envitonments

Lead Institution

University of Tennessee

Principal Investigator

Sarah Lebeis

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

While several mechanisms utilized by beneficial microbes associated with terrestrial plants have been characterized, less is known about how microbes affect aquatic plant growth. We hypothesized that…