Research Fields

The Network will link and support research and applications in the following areas:

Microbial Diversity

• Australian Biodiversity research
• Taxonomy
• Evolution and genomics
• Ecology

Microbial Resources

• Australian Collections of Microorganisms
• Ex-situ conservation
• Microbial cultures
• Molecular vectors
• DNA resources
• Identification of microorganisms

Microbial Bioinformatics

• Australian Microbial Resources Information
• Internet site for Australian microbial resources
• Integrated electronic catalogue access
• Research expertise
• Research network support

Microbial Biodiscovery and Biotechnology

• Environmental microbial genomics
• Gene discovery and expression
• Natural products discovery
• Enzymes
• Pharmaceuticals
• Biopolymers
• Molecular diagnostics