3CBIOTECH

Cold Carbon Catabolism of Microbial Communities underprinning a Sustainable Bioenergy and Biorefinery Economy

Coordinatore	NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, GALWAY    more Spiacenti, non ci sono informazioni su questo coordinatore. Contattare Fabio per maggiori infomrazioni, grazie.
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Ireland [IE]
Totale costo	1˙499˙796 €
EC contributo	1˙499˙796 €
Programma	FP7-IDEAS-ERC Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	ERC-2010-StG_20091118
Funding Scheme	ERC-SG
Anno di inizio	2011
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2011-05-01   -   2016-04-30

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, GALWAY  Organization address address: University Road - city: GALWAY contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Gavin James Cognome: Collins Email: send email Telefono: +353 91 492390 Fax: +353 91 494598	IE (GALWAY)	hostInstitution	1˙499˙796.90
2	NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, GALWAY  Organization address address: University Road - city: GALWAY contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Mari Cognome: Vahey Email: send email Telefono: +353 91 495939 Fax: +353 91 526388	IE (GALWAY)	hostInstitution	1˙499˙796.90

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The applicant will collaborate with Irish, European and U.S.-based colleagues to develop a sustainable biorefinery and bioenergy industry in Ireland and Europe. The focus of this ERC Starting Grant will be the application of classical microbiological, physiological and real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based assays, to qualitatively and quantitatively characterize microbial communities underpinning novel and innovative, low-temperature, anaerobic waste (and other biomass) conversion technologies, including municipal wastewater treatment and, demonstration- and full-scale biorefinery applications. Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a naturally-occurring process, which is widely applied for the conversion of waste to methane-containing biogas. Low-temperature (<20 degrees C) AD has been applied by the applicant as a cost-effective alternative to mesophilic (c. 35C) AD for the treatment of several waste categories. However, the microbiology of low-temperature AD is poorly understood. The applicant will work with microbial consortia isolated from anaerobic bioreactors, which have been operated for long-term experiments (>3.5 years), and include organic acid-oxidizing, hydrogen-producing syntrophic microbes and hydrogen-consuming methanogens. A major focus of the project will be the ecophysiology of psychrotolerant and psychrophilic methanogens already identified and cultivated by the applicant. The project will also investigate the role(s) of poorly-understood Crenarchaeota populations and homoacetogenic bacteria, in complex consortia. The host organization is a leading player in the microbiology of waste-to-energy applications. The applicant will train a team of scientists in all aspects of the microbiology and bioengineering of biomass conversion systems.'