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Transnational approaches to resolving biological bottlenecks in macroalgal biofuel production (SuBBSea)

解决巨藻生物燃料生产中生物瓶颈的跨国方法（SuBBSea）

基本信息

批准号：
BB/K020552/1
负责人：
John Bothwell
金额：
$ 107.28万
依托单位：
Durham University
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2014
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2014 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=BB%2FK020552%2F1
关键词：
Transnational approaches resolving biological bottlenecks

项目摘要

The green macroalgae, or seaweeds, are one of the most common sights on beaches and shorelines around the UK, providing food and shelter for many marine animals. The most familiar of these green seaweeds are the Ulva species; the 'sea lettuces'. These are particularly important because they act as a link between the land and the seas; increased nutrient run-off from agricultural fertilisers, or from urban sewage treatment plants, can lead to higher nutrient levels in the rivers and seas that border farmlands and cities. These enriched waters, which can also occur naturally through the spring upwelling of nutrient-rich deeper sea waters, can, in turn, see extraordinarily rapid growth of the seaweeds that live in them; the so-called 'green tides' that can choke coastal waters worldwide and which are responsible for threatening the Olympic sailing regatta at Qingdao in 2008, covering beaches along the south coast of the UK in 2010, and fouling the Breton coast annually.Our project aims to build on these astonishing growth rates by converting green seaweeds into fuel. We will start by using standard crop-breeding techniques (rather than genetic modification) to produce economically productive seaweed strains that can be grown safely and sustainably around the UK's coastline. Once they've been harvested, we will look at how to harness the natural processes by which seaweeds are broken down, extracting enzymes and microbes capable of converting seaweed biomass into the advanced biofuels that the UK economy will need in the years ahead.

这种绿色大型海藻或海藻是英国海滩和海岸线上最常见的景观之一，为许多海洋动物提供食物和庇护所。这些绿色海藻中最熟悉的是石莼属，即“海石莼”。这些特别重要，因为它们是陆地和海洋之间的联系;农业肥料或城市污水处理厂的营养流失增加，可能导致农田和城市边界河流和海洋的营养水平升高。这些富集的沃茨也可以通过富含营养的深海沃茨的春季涌升而自然产生，反过来，可以看到生活在其中的海藻异常迅速的生长;所谓的“绿色潮汐”可能会阻塞全球沿海沃茨，并对2008年青岛奥运帆船赛造成威胁，2010年覆盖英国南海岸沿着的海滩，并且每年污染布雷东海岸。我们的项目旨在通过将绿色海藻转化为燃料来建立这些惊人的增长率。我们将首先使用标准的作物育种技术（而不是基因改造）来生产经济高效的海藻品种，这些品种可以在英国海岸线周围安全和可持续地生长。一旦它们被收获，我们将研究如何利用海藻被分解的自然过程，提取能够将海藻生物质转化为英国经济未来几年所需的先进生物燃料的酶和微生物。