Acronym MAGIC-PAH
Category
Marine Biotechnology
Title Molecular Approaches and MetaGenomic Investigations for optimizing Clean-up of PAH contaminated sites Programme FP7
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
FP7 - Small or Medium-Scale Focused Research Project
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
KBBE – Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Specific Programme (FP7)
Cooperation
Funding source European Coordinator Dietmar Pieper Coordinator email dietmar.pieper@helmholtz-hzi.de
Coordinator institution
HZI - Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (Germany)
Institutions involved
AU - Aarhus University (Denmark) ,
NA - AECOM CZ Ltd (Czech Republic) ,
UNI FREIBURG - Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (Germany) ,
NA - Bangor University (United Kingdom) ,
CorpoGen - CorpGen Research and Biotechnology (Colombia) ,
CEA - French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (France) ,
UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (Germany) ,
HZI - Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (Germany) ,
CNR - National Research Council (Italy) ,
CSIC - Spanish National Research Council (Spain) ,
NA - Syndial SpA Attività Diversificate (Italy) ,
DTU - Technical University of Denmark (Denmark) ,
U of T - University of Toronto (Canada) ,
Start year 2010 End year 2014 Funding (€) € 4,515,496 Website https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/245226 Summary MAGICPAH aims to explore, understand and exploit the catalytic activities of microbial communities involved in the degradation of persistent PAHs. It will integrate (meta-) genomic studies with in-situ activity assessment based on stable isotope probing particularly in complex matrices of different terrestrial and marine environments. PAH degradation under various conditions of bioavailability will be assessed as to improve rational exploitation of the catalytic properties of bacteria for the treatment and prevention of PAH pollution. We will generate a knowledge base not only on the microbial catabolome for biodegradation of PAHs in various impacted environmental settings based on genome gazing, retrieval and characterization of specific enzymes but also on systems related bioavailability of contaminant mixtures. MAGICPAH takes into account the tremendous undiscovered metagenomic resources by the direct retrieval from genome/metagenome libraries and consequent characterization of enzymes through activity screens. These screens will include a high-end functional small-molecule fluorescence screening platform and will allow us to directly access novel metabolic reactions followed by their rational exploitation for biocatalysis and the re-construction of biodegradation networks. Results from (meta-) genomic approaches will be correlated with microbial in situ activity assessments, specifically dedicated to identifying key players and key reactions involved in anaerobic PAH metabolism. Key processes for PAH metabolism particularly in marine and composting environments and the kinetics of aerobic degradation of PAH under different conditions of bioavailability will be assessed in model systems, the rational manipulation of which will allow us to deduce correlations between system performance and genomic blueprint. The results will be used to improve treatments of PAH-contaminated sites.
Keywords
Genomic;
Bioremediation;
Microbial communities;
Habitat enhancement;
Biodegradation;
Metagenomic;
Biocatalyses;
Marine Region
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