Descripción del proyecto
Un método respetuoso con el medio ambiente para limpiar los contaminantes
Los organismos biológicos, incluso los más pequeños, pueden desempeñar un gran papel en la restauración de los entornos contaminados. Son capaces de eliminar o neutralizar un contaminante ambiental del suelo o el agua en un proceso que se denomina «biorremediación». El equipo del proyecto Nymphe, financiado con fondos europeos, dará un nuevo impulso a este proceso. En concreto, se elaborarán estrategias de biorremediación o revitalización basadas en el ensamblaje de sistemas de productos biológicos existentes y nuevos (enzimas, microorganismos, bivalvos y lombrices, plantas y su holobionte) que se han desarrollado y aplicado en matrices procedentes de distintos lugares contaminados de la Unión Europea (aguas subterráneas, sedimentos, aguas residuales y suelos industriales y agrícolas). El objetivo del proyecto será eliminar al menos el 90 % de los plásticos y plaguicidas del suelo agrícola, así como los disolventes clorados o hidrocarburos totales de petróleo de las aguas subterráneas y los sedimentos de las zonas industriales.
Objetivo
The objective of Nymphe is to develop bioremediation/revitalization strategies based on the assembly of systems of available and new biologics (enzymes, microorganisms, bivalves and earthworms, plants and their holobiont) developed and applied on matrices from different EU contaminated sites: groundwater, sediments (hyporheic zone), wastewater as well as industrial, and agricultural soils. The assembly of systems is guided using predictive microbial interaction models in the microbiome of the actual site matrix to be decontaminated. The best systems of biologics are reintroduced at the contaminated sites (4 plus 1 site for confined tests using genomically edited biologics). Nymphe target at least 90% removal of the pollutants occurring at the sites, e.g. plastics and pesticides in the agricultural soil, and chlorinated solvents/total petroleum hydrocarbon in groundwater and sediments of the industrial site. Besides, biologics and systems benefit from the development of platform technologies to: assemble stable consortia (adhesin+complementary auxotrophies), accelerate the evolution of the microorganisms, increase mobility of degradative plasmids, genomically edit bacteria to produce evolved enzymes, produce enzyme systems with recycling of cofactors, control the spatial distribution of biodegraders (3D-printing), protect them in harsh environments, facilitate redox processes by electromicrobiology, design self-sustaining redox biocatalysts. The bioremediation/revitalization strategies undergo a full assessment: ecological and environmental risk analyses (chemical, ecotoxicological and supportive analyses e.g. function and biodiversity of the microbiomes), technology risk analysis, life cycle assessment, life cycle cost, cost-efficiency analysis, biosafety & regulatory constraints analysis, and societal analysis to be finally benchmarked with current solutions. The ecological status of the bioremediated sites shall be closer to Natura 2000 specifications
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesrecycling
- engineering and technologyenvironmental biotechnologybioremediation
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencessoil sciencesedaphology
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfossil energypetroleum
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculesproteinsenzymes
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Convocatoria de propuestas
HORIZON-CL6-2021-ZEROPOLLUTION-01
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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinador
40126 Bologna
Italia