OpportunityTitle: Cyanophage treatment development for mitigating freshwater Harmful Algal Blooms caused by Cyanobacteria
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: New Mexico State University (NMSU)
Description: Reclamation and New Mexico State University are partnering to provide bench scale results for determining the feasibility of cyanophage based treatment for cyanobacterial freshwater Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB).&#8226; Through field sampling, HAB causing cyanobacteria and its associated cyanophage will be identified and isolated.&#8226; A method for isolating, purifying, concentrating, and storing a cyanophage culture will be developed.&#8226; The resulting inoculant will then be used to develop an optimal dosing method to induce population collapse in the cyanobacteria at the bench scale.&#8226; This information will be used to determine the feasibility of continuing this inquiry with future projects to test the technology at full/pilot scale.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Grants Management Specialist
GrantorContactText: Ned Weakland &lt;br/&gt;Grants Management Specialist &lt;br/&gt;Phone 303-445-3757