NIO launches project for mapping genetic diversity in Indian ocean Updated: Updated: TraceBioMe envisages extensive sampling of water, sediments, planktons and various organisms in different areas Share Article TraceBioMe envisages extensive sampling of water, sediments, planktons and various organisms in different areas The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR-NIO), Goa, has initiated a project for mapping the genetic diversity of organisms and the effect of micronutrients and trace metals on them in the Indian Ocean supported by the CSIR, under one of its flagship projects TraceBioMe. The project envisages extensive sampling of water, sediments, planktons and various organisms in different parts of the Indian Ocean to study the presence of different kinds of organisms and the trace metals and micronutrients found therein using modern state-of-the-art molecular techniques as well classical techniques. In the first phase, microscopic organisms will be investigated.