The available database comprises research projects in Fisheries, Aquaculture, Seafood Processing and Marine Biotechnology active in the time period 2003-2022.
BlueBio is an ERA-NET COFUND created to directly identify new and improve existing ways of bringing bio-based products and services to the market and find new ways of creating value from in the blue bioeconomy.

More information on the BlueBio project and participating funding organizations is available on the BlueBio website: www.bluebioeconomy.eu

Last Update: 2024/06/19

KiGuMi
Marine Biotechnology
Biotechnological potential of the Antarctic Krill gut microbiome
National Programme
National
Ralf Rabus
rabus@icbm.de
UOL - University of Oldenburg (Germany)
AWI - Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (Germany),  Fraunhofer-IGB - Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology (Germany), 
2020
2023
€ 1,535,723
https://uol.de/en/icbm/biodiversity-and-biological-processes-in-polar-oceans/projects/krill-gut-microbiome-project-kigumi
The Krill Gut Microbiome project (KiGuMi) explores the microbial diversity contained within the digestive tract of Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba. Krill contain unique enzymatic equipment which allows for the highly effective hydrolytic breakdown of complex substrates. The biomass estimate of E. superba in the Southern Ocean is approximately 379 million tons and corresponds to 300-400 trillion individuals, making Antarctic krill one of the largest biomasses of any wild-living species. The volume of an average individual’s digestive tract is estimated to be 100 ul, which means the entire population of krill contains an enormous reaction space (up to 8 x 107 m3) for the turnover of complex organic matter and for the potential to discover relevant enzymes for biotechnology. However, the microbial community and metabolic pathways occurring within krill’s digestive tract have yet to be studied in detail. KiGuMi scientists explore the microbial diversity of dissected digestive tract tissues (stomach, digestive gland, and hind gut), establish the first metaOMICS for this system, and discover hydrolytic enzymes and microbes that potentially have biotechnical applications.
Crustacean; Bioproduct; Shellfish; Krill; Microbiome; Marine enzymes; Bioprocess; Bioprospecting;
Not associated to marine areas
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