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Microorganisms harbor keys to a circular bioeconomy making them useful tools in fighting plastic pollution and rising CO2 levels
Citation Link: https://doi.org/10.15480/882.4156
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Journal Article
Date Issued
2022-02-03
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Institut
TORE-DOI
Journal
Volume
26
Issue
1
Article Number
10
Citation
Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions 26 (1): 10 (2022-02-03)
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PubMed ID
35118556
Publisher
Springer
The major global and man-made challenges of our time are the fossil fuel-driven climate change a global plastic pollution and rapidly emerging plant, human and animal infections. To meet the necessary global changes, a dramatic transformation must take place in science and society. This transformation will involve very intense and forward oriented industrial and basic research strongly focusing on (bio)technology and industrial bioprocesses developments towards engineering a zero-carbon sustainable bioeconomy. Within this transition microorganisms-and especially extremophiles-will play a significant and global role as technology drivers. They harbor the keys and blueprints to a sustainable biotechnology in their genomes. Within this article, we outline urgent and important areas of microbial research and technology advancements and that will ultimately make major contributions during the transition from a linear towards a circular bioeconomy.
Subjects
Biocatalysis
Biotechnology
Biotransformations
Circular bioeconomy
Industrial applications
Microbial plastic removal
DDC Class
600: Technik
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This work was in part supported by the BMBF within the programs MarBiotech (031B0562A) MetagenLig (031B0571B), LipoBiocat (031B0837B) and PlastiSea (031B867B). Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL.
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