Acronym PlastiSea
Category
Marine Biotechnology
Title BioProMare: PlastiSea - Harvesting the Marine Plastisphere to develop Novel Cleaning Concepts Programme National Programme
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 Coordinator Ute Hentschel Humeida Coordinator email uhentschel@geomar.de
Coordinator institution
GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research (Germany)
Institutions involved
PTJ FZJ - Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH (Germany) ,
NA - GALAB Laboratories GmbH (Germany) ,
NA - Kiel University (Germany) ,
RWTH - Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen University (Germany) ,
UHH - University of Hamburg (Germany) ,
Start year 2020 End year 2023 Funding (€) € 1,926,750 Website https://www.geomar.de/forschen/fb3/fb3-ms/projekte/plastisea Summary Truly unique marine metagenome banks, samples from the North Atlantic Garbage Patch, as well as extensive existing strain collections, eg from hot hydrothermal vents, will be searched for new enzymes using in silico and in vitro methods screened. Based on this and using multiplatform expression technologies, the largest collection of plastic-active enzymes will be created. In addition, an extensive strain collection of plastic-degrading bacteria and fungi will be created. In a further approach, the best enzymes and the most efficient microorganisms are implemented in innovative biotechnological processes in feasibility studies (“proof of concept stage”). For this purpose, plastizymes are coupled to anchor peptides, applied to surfaces and their binding properties (binding, hydrolysis, degradation) of nano- and microplastics are tested under natural conditions in seawater. In addition, new sensors for the detection of micro- and nanoplastics are being established.
Keywords
Microplastics;
Monitoring;
Bioremediation;
Marine enzymes;
Pollution;
Genetic;
Biosensors;
Bioprospecting;
Fungus;
Bacteria;
Biodegradation;
Bioproduct;
Technology;
Habitat enhancement;
Marine Region
23
Baltic West of Bornholm (27.IIId.24)
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