Code
01CD04024
Duration
01 August 2024 → 31 December 2024
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Engineering and technology
- Environmental microorganism biotechnology
Keywords
biological nitrogen removal
thermophiles
Anammox
microbial nitrogen cycle
Project description
Anaerobic ammonia oxidizing bacteria (anammox) plays a crucial role in the global microbial nitrogen cycle. We have been able to cultivate a new species of anammox bacteria that grows under thermophilic conditions. In this project we aim at understanding its metabolism, the capabilities of thermophilic anammox bacteria and their potential for warm nitrogenous wastewater treatment.