The AP2 team includes scientists from UC Davis, LIPI and the Ministry of Forestry. The AP2 team has isolated and purified over 2,000 microbes from insect, plant, vertebrate and soil specimens at sites mapped out by the AP1 team. Microbial extracts are prepared for the AP3 team to screen for therapeutic activities.
Goals of AP2:
The AP2 team at FORDA, Ministry of Forestry, Bogor, Indonesia in 2009.
Back row: Erdy Santoso, Atit Kanti, Dwi, Achmad Dinoto, Agustinus Joko Nugroho, Najmullah, Aryanto, Ragil Irianto
Front row: Irnayuli Sitepu, Kyria Boundy-Mills, Nathan SchiffCollect 2,000 microbes, including bacteria, yeasts and filamentous fungi
Manage microbial collections and data
Select strains for bioenergy and therapeutics screening
Screen for cellulase, xylanase and glucanase activity and genes
Screen yeasts for high lipid content
Scientists:
Kyria Boundy-Mills, AP2 leader, UC Davis, curator of the Phaff Yeast Culture Collection. www.phaffcollection.org
UC Davis technicians and students: Laura Ignatia, Matan Shelomi, Pamelia Hadiwidjaja, Vanessa Morales, Elaine Chow, Ain Mobeen, Enrique Fernandez, Sia Shelly Sianita, Shierly Mayasari, Pazao Lor, Paul Park, Ngoc-Lien Nguyen, Mary Stump, Marie Stark, Jessica Wijaya, Angela Pratiwiharja, Jaspreet Kaur
FORDA personnel: Sarah Faulina, Aryanto, Sira Silaban, Najmullah