Adapting the algal microbiome for growth on domestic landfill leachate
- Submitting institution
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The University of Sheffield
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 7983
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.biortech.2020.124246
- Title of journal
- Bioresource Technology
- Article number
- 124246
- First page
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- Volume
- 319
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- ISSN
- 0960-8524
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- October
- Year of publication
- 2020
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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4
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This is the first ever study to demonstrate a methodology to improve biological detoxification of waste streams focussing on creating an optimal microbiome. The combined enrichment and adaptive laboratory evolution approach provides an engineering platform for top-down construction of microbial consortia for all other waste effluents. The work directly led to winning a NERC Innovation Award (£140K, NE/P016820/1) with Viridor Ltd. and a £300K grant from the Ministry of Defence converting algal biomass into bioplastics. The work led to an invitation as a guest speaker at The Energy and Resources Institute (New Delhi, India) on 3rd September 2020.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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