Objective To develop and improve biological elimination as an attractive alternative from a pollution and energy point of view.The main work elements are:* Isolation of efficient dehalogenating anaerobic and aerobic organisms and biochemical and physiological characterization of the processes. Selection of primary substrates and their dosage is essential.* Development of stable biofilms for aerobic and anaerobic dechlorination in a combined or two-stage system.* Characterization of the biofilm growth with the primary substrates selected under anaerobic and aerobic conditions. Biofilm growth dynamics and microbiological species development will be studied.* Study of the stability of integration of specialized dechlorinating microorganisms into the biofilm cultures under simulated practical conditions.Gene probes and/or immunological methods will be used for species identification.* Kinetics of dechlorination at low concentrations of the halogenated substrates.* Performance of bench-scale bioreactors that remove chlorinated compounds; combination of anaerobic and aerobic biodegradation processes. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental biotechnologybioremediationbioreactorsnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollutionnatural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryaliphatic compoundsnatural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiology Programme(s) FP3-ENV 1C - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of the environment, 1990-1994 Topic(s) 0202 - Technologies for protecting and rehabilitating the environment Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK Address Building 115, dtu 2800 Lyngby Denmark See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (2) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address 4,nijenborgh 9747 AG Groningen See on map Universität Stuttgart Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Bandtäle 1 70569 Stuttgart See on map
