Improving thiocyanate bioremediation with meta-genomics/transcriptomics

用元基因组学/转录组学改善硫氰酸盐生物修复。该项目旨在阐明硫氰酸盐降解微生物财团成员参与硫和氮氧化的作用，使用宏基因组学和元转录组学。金矿开采业产生对环境有毒的硫氰酸盐作为废物副产品，最具成本效益的补救策略是通过天然微生物进行降解。然而，生物修复的努力缺乏对所涉及的微生物的全部代谢潜力的了解。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操作。

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.