ELECTRA: electricity-driven low energy and chemical input technology for accelerated bioremediation.

Shuang-jiang Liu; Philippe F-x Corvini; Korneel Rabaey

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ELECTRA: electricity-driven low energy and chemical input technology for accelerated bioremediation.

Author: Shuang-Jiang LIU ¹ ; Philippe F-X CORVINI ² ; Korneel RABAEY ³
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1. Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
2. School of Life Sciences, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Muttenz 4132, Switzerland.
3. Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology (CMET), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: ELECTRA; biodegradation; biotechnology of low-energy and low-chemical inputs; emerging organic compounds (EOCs); environmental biotechnology
MeSH: Biodegradation, Environmental; Biotechnology; COVID-19; Electricity; Humans; Pandemics; SARS-CoV-2
From: Chinese Journal of Biotechnology 2021;37(10):3405-3410
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: The international cooperation project "electricity-driven low energy and chemical input technology for accelerated bioremediation" (abridged as "ELECTRA") is jointly supported by National Nature Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and European Commission (EC). The ELECTRA consortium consists of 5 research institutions and universities from China and 17 European research institutions and universities, as well as high-tech companies of EC countries. ELECTRA focuses on researches of biodegradation of emerging organic compounds (EOCs) and novel environmental biotechnologies of low-energy and low-chemical inputs. The project has been successfully operated for 2 years, and has made important progresses in obtaining EOCs-degrading microbes, developing weak-electricity-accelerated bioremediation, and 3D-printing techniques for microbial consortium. The ELECTRA has promoted collaborations among the Chinese and European scientists. In the future, ELECTRA will overcome the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and fulfill the scientific objectives through strengthening the international collaboration.