Objective
As reflected in the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) and in the Decision 2455/2001/EC the European Union has demonstrated its concern in the field of water policy, particularly in the establishment of a list of the most hazardous pollutants for the aquatic environment.
Organometallic species such as tributyltin and its degradation products, Hg and its compounds as well as Pb and its compounds have been already included in this list and qualified as priority pollutants.
Unravelling the biogeochemical cycle of organometallic contaminants still remains a difficult and unexplored task and needs to be evaluated through an interdisciplinary research in which the analytical and the environmental chemistry must collaborate with other scientific disciplines.
In this project the great potential provided by the use of stable isotopically enriched species when investigating dynamic environmental processes will be exploited to propose metabolic pathways controlling the transformations and sequestration of organometallic contaminants by bacteria.
The investigation of both the reactivity and interaction of organometallic contaminants versus anaerobic microorganisms would help to understand the fate and potential ecotoxicity and to propose strategies for the microbially mediated abatement of these toxic species before being released into the environment.
For this purpose the applicant as well as the host institution will collaborate deeply throughout this project with other research groups from the field of microbiology, ecotoxicology and biogeochemistry.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- social sciences political sciences political policies public policies
- medical and health sciences health sciences public health
- natural sciences biological sciences microbiology bacteriology
- natural sciences chemical sciences inorganic chemistry organometallic chemistry
- natural sciences earth and related environmental sciences geochemistry biogeochemistry
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Keywords
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Project’s keywords as indicated by the project coordinator. Not to be confused with the EuroSciVoc taxonomy (Fields of science)
Programme(s)
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Topic(s)
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Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Call for proposal
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Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
FP6-2002-MOBILITY-5
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Funding Scheme
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Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Coordinator
France
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