Acronym MicroMBT
Category
Aquaculture
Title Discovery and training of microbial biocatalysts for biomass conversion using moving bed technology (MBT) Programme International Cooperation
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National-European Coordinator Peik Haugen Coordinator email peik.haugen@fagmed.uit.no
Coordinator institution
UiT - The Arctic University of Norway (Norway)
Institutions involved
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica e Biologica António Xavier (Portugal) ,
NOFIMA - Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research (Norway) ,
UMU - UMEA University (Sweden) ,
Start year 2016 End year 2018 Funding (€) € 1,832,446 Website http://www.marinebiotech.eu/file/micrombt-project-description-era-mbt-call-1pdf Summary A culture collection of >100 genome sequenced marine bacteria from the Arctic region, and the Moving Bed Technology (MBT) will be used as tools to increase the value of marine rest raw materials. The bacterial isolates have been screened for biocatalyst activities (e.g., PUFA production, lipases, proteases), and hence represent an excellent starting point for this project. Inspired by the RAS (Recirculating Aquaculture system) technology, the idea is to establish and optimize microbial communities on MBT biobeads. The bacterial communities will be specifically trained into microfactories for conversion of low value rest-raw material from the fish industry. The process will be analogous to RAS, where biofilters are used to convert waste into non-toxic products. Water and lipid phases from spent medium will be collected and screened for potential products. In summary, the robust MBT method will be used in a completely new area, to convert cheap marine biomasses into new products.
Keywords
Land-based aquaculture;
Bioprospecting;
Waste valorization;
Human food;
Recirculating systems;
Technology;
Biomaterial;
Wastes;
Nutraceutical substances;
Pharmaceuticals;
Animal welfare;
Genomic sequencing;
Microbial communities;
Human health;
Marine Region
13
Northern North Sea (27.IVa)
5
Southern North Sea (27.IVc)
6
Central North Sea (27.IVb)
3
Marine Region Map
