Novel bioprocesses for hemicellulose up-grading

Project Information

BIO-HUG

Grant agreement ID: QLK3-CT-1999-00080

Project closed

Start date 1 February 2000

End date 31 January 2003

Funded under

• Specific Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Quality of life and management of living resources", 1998-2002

Total cost € 2 869 774,00

EU contribution € 1 785 311,00

Coordinated by

LUND UNIVERSITY
Sweden

Objective

BIO-HUG aims at securing the competitiveness of European starch industry by engineering new integrated bioprocesses. Steam pre-treatment and enzymatic hydrolysis of starch derived hemicellulose containing by-products will be optimised with respect to sugar yield and ferment ability. Novel enzyme cocktails tailor-made for wheat bran and starch factory effluents will be developed. Novel recombinant strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermenting arabinose and xylose will be generated with metabolic engineering and directed evolutionary approaches. When integrated into existing industrial processes the new hydrolysis and fermentation technologies will increase the ethanol yield from starch processing by-products. This translates to North American Production costs and assures the competitiveness of European starch industry.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › industrial biotechnology › metabolic engineering
• natural sciences › chemical sciences › organic chemistry › alcohols
• natural sciences › biological sciences › biochemistry › biomolecules › proteins › enzymes
• engineering and technology › industrial biotechnology › bioprocessing technologies › fermentation

Programme(s)

• FP5-LIFE QUALITY - Specific Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Quality of life and management of living resources", 1998-2002

Topic(s)

• 1.1.1.-3. - Key action The "Cell factory"

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

LUND UNIVERSITY

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• Address: Paradisgatan 2 ; 221 00 LUND ; Sweden
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Participants (8)

AMYLUM FRANCE SAS

France

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• Address: 46, rue de Nesle ; 80190 MESNIL SAINT NICAISE
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CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS

Spain

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• Address: 4,Arturo Duperier 4 ; 28029 MADRID
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HEINRICH-HEINE-UNIVERSITAET DUESSELDORF

Germany

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• Address: Universitätsstraße 1, 26.12 ; 40225 DUESSELDORF
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NOVO-NORDISK A/S

Denmark

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• Address: 1,Novo allT, 6B3 ; 2880 BAGSVAERD
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SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GMBH

Germany

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• Address: 43,Oberurseler Strasse 43 ; 61440 Oberursel
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SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ZUERICH

Switzerland

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• Address: 101,Raemistrasse 101, ETH Zentrum ; 8092 ZURICH
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TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK

Denmark

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• Address: DTU, blgd. 221 ; 2800 LYNGBY
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UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA

Portugal

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• Address: Quinta da Torre ; 2825 MONTE DA CAPARICA
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