Blue Bio Database - Database of Fisheries, Aquaculture, Seafood Processing and Marine Biotechnology Projects

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

Acronym
Category
	Aquaculture
	Fisheries
	Marine Biotechnology
Title
Programme
Instrument (FP6) Contact Type (FP7) Strand (Interreg)
Theme (FP7) Activity Area (FP6) Regional Area (Interreg) Action (COST)
Specific Programme (FP7)
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Institutions involved
	Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica e Biologica António Xavier
	Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research
	UMEA University
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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
	Animal welfare
	Biomaterial
	Bioprospecting
	Genomic sequencing
	Human food
	Human health
	Land-based aquaculture
	Microbial communities
	Nutraceutical substances
	Pharmaceuticals
	Recirculating systems
	Technology
	Waste valorization
	Wastes
Marine Region
	ATLANTIC NORTHEAST (FAO Area 27); North Sea; Central North Sea (27.IVb)
	ATLANTIC NORTHEAST (FAO Area 27); North Sea; Northern North Sea (27.IVa)
	ATLANTIC NORTHEAST (FAO Area 27); North Sea; Southern North Sea (27.IVc)

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