Anaerobic Biotechnology

厌氧生物技术

• 批准号: 1000230031-2013
• 负责人: Edwards, Elizabeth
• 金额: $ 14.57万
• 依托单位: University of Toronto
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Canada Research Chairs
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=695780
• 关键词: Anaerobic; Biotechnology

Dr. Edwards research focuses on processes that occur in the absence of oxygen. Anaerobic environments are prevalent in soils, sediments, hot springs, and inside the guts of most creatures. Engineered anaerobic environments include fermentation processes for food, chemicals or fuel production, bioremediation, and anaerobic digestion for biogas recovery from waste materials. Dr. Edwards research group studies microbial interactions, how these interactions enable greater activity in the whole than in the sum of the individual parts, and how knowledge about fundamental microbial processes can be used to develop sustainable practices and commercial processes to treat wastes and reduce energy consumption.

爱德华兹博士的研究重点是在没有氧气的情况下发生的过程。厌氧环境普遍存在于土壤、沉积物、温泉和大多数生物的肠道中。工程厌氧环境包括用于食品、化学品或燃料生产的发酵过程，生物修复，以及用于从废物中回收沼气的厌氧消化。爱德华兹研究小组研究微生物的相互作用，这些相互作用如何使整体的活性大于单个部分的总和，以及如何利用基本微生物过程的知识来开发可持续的实践和商业过程，以处理废物和减少能源消耗。