Improving thiocyanate bioremediation with meta-genomics/transcriptomics

利用元基因组学/转录组学改进硫氰酸盐生物修复。该项目旨在利用总基因组学和总转录组学来阐明硫氰酸盐降解微生物协会成员在硫氰酸盐和氮氧化中的作用。黄金采矿业产生环境有毒的硫氰酸盐作为废物副产品，对其最具成本效益的补救策略是由自然微生物降解。然而，生物修复的努力受累于对所涉及的微生物的全部代谢潜力缺乏了解。该项目的预期成果是改进硫氰酸盐生物修复反应器系统的设计和运行。

Improving thiocyanate bioremediation with meta-genomics/transcriptomics. This project aims to elucidate the roles of thiocyanate-degrading microbial consortium members involved in sulphur and nitrogen oxidation, using metagenomics and metatranscriptomics. The gold mining industry generates environmentally toxic thiocyanate as a waste by-product, for which the most cost-effective remediation strategy is degradation by natural microbes. Efforts to bioremediate, however, suffer from a lack of understanding of the full metabolic potential of the microbes involved. The intended outcome of this project is the improved design and operation of thiocyanate bioremediation reactor systems.