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Marine & Freshwater Microbial Biodiversity (M&FMB)
Reports and key findings
Microbes could help restrain MRSA
Important discoveries are coming from the Marine & Freshwater Microbial Biodiversity programme, please see press release 'Out of the blue…'.
Progress Report
Workshop Reports
- Workshop held at the University of Bristol, 17-18 July 2001.
M&FMB First Workshop 2001 (67KB) - Workshop held at the University of Plymouth, 11-12 September 2002,
in association with the Challenger Centenary Conference.
M&FMB Second Workshop 2002 (109KB) - Workshop held at the University of Lancaster, 11-13 September 2003.
M&FMB Third Workshop 2003 (91.1KB) - Workshop held at the University of East Anglia, 28-30 June 2004.
M&FMB Fourth Workshop 2004 (441KB)
Case studies
The following case studies are linked to this research programme. Full details of each case study are available from NERC's Science Impacts Database.
Research positions the UK to enter the marine bioproducts sector Synopsis: Research into aquatic microbes offers many promising applications. Just a 1-5% share of the marine bioproducts market could realise economic benefits of between £224 million and£1·1 billion.
About the programme