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Kuwait Marine Microbiome Database and Thermotolerant Microalgae Project
Uses next-generation sequencing to establish a marine microbial database and isolates heat-tolerant microalgae for food, feed and bioenergy applications.
01 / Project overview
What the record establishes.
- Geographic scope
- Kuwait territorial waters
- Project type
- Environmental genomics and culture-collection project
- Research domain
- Marine microbiome, climate adaptation and biotechnology
- Years
- 2023–
- Lifecycle status
- active
- Status basis
- KFAS lists the project active from 2023-09-18.
- Status evidence date
- 2026-08-15
- Scale
- Targets a comprehensive territorial-water database and detailed characterization of at least ten candidate microalgal species.
02 / Organizations and population
Who and what the project connects.
- Lead organizations
- Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research
- Partner organizations
- Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences
- Organism / population
- Marine microbes and microalgae from Kuwaiti waters
03 / Data and access
What exists and how it can be reached.
Data types
- metagenomics
- next-generation sequencing
- culture collection
- genetic characterization
Data access
Future database access not yet stated
Identifiers
No public accession or identifier is listed for this record.
04 / Evidence and provenance
Why the record is included.
Inclusion basis
Current official project with a named genomic database deliverable.
Editorial note
Do not infer that the database is already public.
Sources
- primary record source Verified 2026-08-15
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