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MINOTAURUS: microorganism and enzyme immobilization: novel techniques and approaches for upgraded remediation of underground-, wastewater and soil

Hochstrat, Rita ; Corvini, Philippe ; Wintgens, Thomas

In: Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology, 2013, vol. 12, no. 1, p. 1-4

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    Titre
    • MINOTAURUS: microorganism and enzyme immobilization: novel techniques and approaches for upgraded remediation of underground-, wastewater and soil
    Auteur
    • Hochstrat, Rita. Institute for Ecopreneurship, School of Life Sciences, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), Gründenstrasse 40, 4132, Muttenz, Switzerland
    • Corvini, Philippe. Institute for Ecopreneurship, School of Life Sciences, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), Gründenstrasse 40, 4132, Muttenz, Switzerland
    • Wintgens, Thomas. Institute for Ecopreneurship, School of Life Sciences, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), Gründenstrasse 40, 4132, Muttenz, Switzerland
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Inglese
    Publié dans
    • Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology, 2013, vol. 12, no. 1, p. 1-4. Springer Netherlands
    Autre version électronique
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:311981
    Summary
    The European project MINOTAURUS aims to deliver innovative bio-processes to eliminate emerging and classic organic pollutants. These bio-processes are all based on the concept of immobilization of biocatalysts (microorganisms and enzymes) and encompass bioaugmentation, enzyme technology, rhizoremediation with halophytes, and a bioelectrochemical remediation process. The immobilization-based technologies are applied to engineered ex situ and natural systems in situ for the bioremediation of groundwater, wastewater and soil. The selection and application of modern physico-chemical, biological and ecotoxicological monitoring tools combined with a rational understanding of engineering, enzymology and microbial physiology is a pertinent approach to open the black-box of the selected technologies. Reliable process-monitoring constitutes the basis for developing and refining biodegradation kinetics models, which in turn will improve the predictability of performances to be achieved with our technologies. A key strength of MINOTAURUS is the possibility of direct implementation of our technologies at five European reference sites that are confronted with pollutants (two technologies will be tested on-site starting from the first year). We will deliver not only a set of tools, techniques, and processes, which will enhance the ability of our communities to respond to the challenges of organic pollutants but also frameworks for structuring and making evidence-based decisions for the most sustainable and appropriate bioremediation measures. The MINOTAURUS consortium includes fifteen partners from eight European countries. Eight research & education institutions, five SMEs covering the whole chain of our bioremediation approaches (production, and monitoring of biocatalysts, bioremediation and engineering), one large end-user operating wastewater treatment plants and one environmental agency work together with the support of an advisory board mainly consisting of environmental decision-makers