Reassessing phosphorus removal by employing classical and fermentative metabolism of polyphosphate accumulating organisms in complex carbon environments

Project description

Research throws light on how bacteria metabolise wastewater nutrients

Enhanced biological phosphorus removal is a sustainable and economical way of removing phosphorus from wastewater. The process is performed by a group of heterotrophic bacteria called polyphosphate-accumulating organisms (PAOs) that take more phosphorus into their cells than they normally would. PAOs demonstrate different behaviour in the assimilation or fermentation of complex carbon substrates, such as amino acids and sugars. Funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the REMaP-Carbon project will investigate the metabolic versatility of PAOs using isotope labelling techniques, kinetic and stoichiometric characterisation analyses, and metabolic models.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › water treatment processes › wastewater treatment processes
• natural sciences › biological sciences › biochemistry › biomolecules › lipids
• natural sciences › chemical sciences › organic chemistry › amines
• engineering and technology › industrial biotechnology › bioprocessing technologies › fermentation

Programme(s)

• HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme

Topic(s)

• HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01-01 - MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021

Call for proposal

HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01

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Funding Scheme

HORIZON-AG-UN - HORIZON Unit Grant

Coordinator

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT

Net EU contribution

€ 254 330,40

Address

Stevinweg 1
2628 CN Delft
Netherlands

Region

West-Nederland › Zuid-Holland › Delft en Westland

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

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Other funding

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Partners (2)

HASKONINGDHV NEDERLAND BV

Netherlands

Net EU contribution

€ 0,00

Address

Laan 1914 35
3818 EX Amersfoort

Region

West-Nederland › Utrecht › Utrecht

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

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AALBORG UNIVERSITET

Denmark

Net EU contribution

€ 0,00

Address

Fredrik Bajers Vej 7k
9220 Aalborg

Region

Danmark › Nordjylland › Nordjylland

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

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Other funding

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