Acronym
01P08913
Code
01P08913
Duration
01 October 2013 → 30 September 2017
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Engineering and technology
- Biomaterials engineering
- Biological system engineering
- Biomaterials engineering
- Biomechanical engineering
- Other (bio)medical engineering
- Environmental engineering and biotechnology
- Industrial biotechnology
- Other biotechnology, bio-engineering and biosystem engineering
Keywords
bioelectrochemistry
microbial production
biofuels
Project description
Microbial electrosynthesis is the process in which bacteria use electrical energy to convert CO2 into organic compounds. A promising bacterium for this process is Clostridium ljungdahlii. Electrosynthesis by this bacterium will be optimized by developing a strain with an increased biofilm production and an enhanced electron transfer, as well as by improving the operational conditions for reactors.