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Cyano4REST

Cyanobacteria for restoration of degraded soils

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biocrust point soil strategies environment visibility biocrusts successful viability eco drylands cyano4rest cyanobacteria difficult stability plant water hydraulic co2 moisture matrix textured eps protection combat inoculation lack limited characterization influence degradation fluxes identification cover polysaccharidic biotechnological inoculated exopolysaccharides scarcity technique secreted establishment regions arid biotechnology land semiarid restoration artificial strategy species adoption inherent chemical relationships climate degraded soils culture frequent sustainable fertility regarding techniques macromolecular gap

Project "Cyano4REST" data sheet

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Coordinator	UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE Organization address address: Piazza San Marco 4 city: Florence postcode: 50121 website: http://www.unifi.it contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.
Coordinator Country	Italy [IT]
Project website	https://www.dispaa.unifi.it/vp-455-cyano4rest.html
Total cost	168˙277 €
EC max contribution	168˙277 € (100%)
Programme	1. H2020-EU.1.3.2. (Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility)
Code Call	H2020-MSCA-IF-2015
Funding Scheme	MSCA-IF-EF-ST
Starting year	2016
Duration (year-month-day)	from 2016-11-01 to 2018-10-31

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#	participants	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE Organization address address: Piazza San Marco 4 city: Florence postcode: 50121 website: http://www.unifi.it contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	IT (Florence)	coordinator	168˙277.00

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Project objective

Frequent land degradation problems in drylands make necessary the adoption of effective and low cost restoration strategies for a sustainable development of these areas. However, water scarcity and low soil fertility inherent to drylands make difficult implementation of traditional restoration techniques based on plant cover establishment. Recent studies point to the viability of cyanobacteria and their secreted exopolysaccharides (EPS) as an eco-friendly biotechnology technique for restoration of arid degraded soils. However, cyanobacteria utilization is limited due to lack of knowledge regarding the factors involved in the success and failure of inoculated cyanobacteria. The general objective of Cyano4REST is cover the gap in knowledge on the relationships between the characteristics of the polysaccharidic matrix produced by cyanobacteria in the soils and its role in affecting soil hydraulic properties, soil stability and CO2 fluxes in biocrusts. The specific objectives are: 1) Identification and culture of cyanobacteria species present in biocrusts from different arid and semiarid regions; 2) Chemical and macromolecular characterization of the EPS secreted by cyanobacteria species and their influence on biocrust development; 3) Analysis of the influence of cyanobacteria inoculation on soil properties and CO2 fluxes on different textured soils; 4) Cyanobacteria inoculation on soils under field conditions and analysis of their influence on soil fertility and stability, soil moisture, and CO2 fluxes. This project represent a significant step forward the development of successful strategy for soil restoration based on the artificial inoculation of cyanobacteria. Cyano4REST will thus increase the European research visibility in the development of new biotechnological techniques to promote sustainable development, ensure the protection of the environment and combat climate change, one of the priority areas of the H2020 program.

Publications

List of publications.
year	authors and title	journal	last update
2018	Beatriz Roncero-Ramos, M. Ãngeles MuÃ±oz-MartÃn, Sonia Chamizo, Lara FernÃ¡ndez-Valbuena, Diego Mendoza, Elvira Perona, Yolanda CantÃ³n,Pilar Mateo Polyphasic evaluation of key cyanobacteria in biocrusts from the most arid region in Europe published pages: , ISSN: 2376-5992, DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6169	PeerJ	2019-10-08
2018	Sonia Chamizo, Emilio RodrÃguez Caballero, Yolanda CantÃ³n, Roberto De Philippis Soil Inoculation with Cyanobacteria: Reviewing Itsâ€™ Potential for Agriculture Sustainability in Drylands published pages: 5, ISSN: 2471-6774, DOI: 10.19080/ARTOAJ.2018.18.556046	Agricultural Research & Technology	2019-05-09
2018	Sonia Chamizo, Alessandra Adessi, Gianmarco Mugnai, Andrea Simiani, Roberto De Philippis Soil Type and Cyanobacteria Species Influence the Macromolecular and Chemical Characteristics of the Polysaccharidic Matrix in Induced Biocrusts published pages: 17, ISSN: 0095-3628, DOI: 10.1007/s00248-018-1305-y	Microbial Ecology 8	2019-05-09
2018	Sonia Chamizo, Gianmarco Mugnai, Federico Rossi, Giacomo Certini, Roberto De Philippis Cyanobacteria Inoculation Improves Soil Stability and Fertility on Different Textured Soils: Gaining Insights for Applicability in Soil Restoration published pages: , ISSN: 2296-665X, DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2018.00049	Frontiers in Environmental Science 6	2019-05-09

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