Genome-Based Models to Optimize In Situ Bioremediation of Uranium and Harvesting Electrical Energy from Waste Organic Matter

Technical Report · Fri Dec 28 00:00:00 EST 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1058862· OSTI ID:1058862

Lovley, Derek R

The goal of this research was to provide computational tools to predictively model the behavior of two microbial communities of direct relevance to Department of Energy interests: 1) the microbial community responsible for in situ bioremediation of uranium in contaminated subsurface environments; and 2) the microbial community capable of harvesting electricity from waste organic matter and renewable biomass. During this project the concept of microbial electrosynthesis, a novel form of artificial photosynthesis for the direct production of fuels and other organic commodities from carbon dioxide and water was also developed and research was expanded into this area as well.

• Research Organization: University of Massacusetts, Amherst
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-02ER63446
• OSTI ID: 1058862
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/63446-1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Unanium
Bioremediation
microbial electrosynthesis
Genome-Based Models