M1 Internship
2019
Measuring methane in coral reef fishes intestinal microbiota
Keywords microbial ecology, coral reef fish, methanogenesis, gas chromatography, PCR
From April to June 2019, I had the opportunity to work at the MARBEC lab in Montpellier, France, under the supervision of Dr Jean-Christophe Auguet and Dr Marie-Charlotte Cheutin.
The project aimed to explore a fascinating question: Does the gut microbiota of fish significantly contribute to total CH₄ production?
Our first goal was to assess the abundance and diversity of methanogenic archaea in the fish microbiota using PCR analysis.
Additionally, we measured CH₄ emissions from fish collected in the Mediterranean Sea using gas chromatography and mass detection.
Although my short internship yielded only preliminary results and a prototype, it was an amazing experience to discover microbiology methods, participate in fieldwork collecting fish, and participate in a large project.
You can find my presentation support (in french)
My bibliographic work (in french)
Find the thesis of Marie-Charlotte
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