Project

Microbial community fingerprinting as a biological indicator for pathogen outgrowth in engineered aquatic systems

Code

01D22214

Duration

01 January 2015 → 31 December 2018

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund

Promotor

Nico Boon

Fellow

Ruben Props

Research disciplines

Engineering and technology
- Environmental microorganism biotechnology

Keywords

engineered aquatic systems flow cytometry pthogen ougrowth fingerprinting biofouling legionella

Project description

This project will combine flow cytometry with advanced metagenomics to observe and quantify the response of a receiving microbial community to the invasion of Legionella sp.. Besides identifying characteristic patterns, particular attention will be given towards designing biological metrices which can be applied to predict potential pathogen invasions. The approach will then be validated with a laboratory and full-scale cooling water network.