A Facility for Accelerated Microbial Phenotyping in Southeast Queensland (2025-2026)
Abstract
This facility for Accelerated Microbial Phenotyping aims to establish the most advanced cell sorter and microbioreactor platforms in Australia. It will enable high-throughput sorting of complex microbial populations and physiological characterisation of sorted samples at unprecedented levels of detail and efficiency. It will elevate the capacity and remove bottlenecks of interdisciplinary ARC and industry projects that rely on deconstructing hundreds of poly-microbial environmental samples and refining highly complex bioengineered populations. Expected outcomes include new knowledge on the massively diverse Australian microbiota, and future commercial products benefiting the environment, agriculture, food, health, and biotechnology.
