XENOMIC. Characterisation of microbial communities degrading xenobiotics.Contract nr.: MEIF-CT-2003-500956

  • Schmidt, Jens Ejbye (Project Manager)
  • Batstone, Damien J. (Project Participant)
  • Trably, Eric (Project Participant)

    Project Details

    Description

    Removal of xenobiotics under strict anaerobic conditions is now being proven and offers a great potential. At this date, only a little is known about the micro-organisms involved in such biodegradation. The aim of the project is to identify and characterize the microbial community degrading xenobiotics, such as Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS), nonylphenols and nonylphenols ethoxylate (NPE). For this, current molecular technologies are used to characterize the phylogeny of enriched cultures such as in situ hybridization, single strand chain polymorphism, cloning and sequencing. By association of these molecular techniques, we can also examine symbiosis between the different types of microbes involved.
    AcronymXenoMic
    StatusFinished
    Effective start/end date15/10/200331/12/2005

    Funding

    • Forsk. EU - Andre EU-midler

    Fingerprint

    Explore the research topics touched on by this project. These labels are generated based on the underlying awards/grants. Together they form a unique fingerprint.