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ATB Department 1 Bioengineering
Institution
Section overview
Description
n modern agriculture, the use of products formed by microbial metabolism via bioengineering processes has become indispensable.
However, neither the processes in which microorganisms are applied have been optimised, nor have innovative fields of application yet been fully exploited.
Therefore the research approach of the Department of Bioengineering aims to develop new biotechnological methods especially for agriculture. According to international trends in research and development, genetically modified microorganisms will become more important for this purpose.
Among traditional areas such as preparation of high-grade feeds, an increased agricultural value can be achieved by technological conversion of renewable raw materials into chemicals and active agents as well as the use of plant biomass and residual substances to obtain biogas. Furthermore, the development of biotechnological approaches for the application of microorgansims in wastewater treatment and cleaning can reduce costs and ecological encumbrances. The optimization of microorgansims for these purposes by genetic modification will be a powerful tool for the future.
Activities
- Research
Parent institution
Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB)
Coordinated projects
- Bioindicators of biogas fermentation. Subproject 1: Microbial communities in two-phase systems
- Influence of mineral nitrogen fertilization on the biomass yield of poplar and willow, and identification of relevant environmental impacts
- Monitoring of the methane-forming microflora in biogas plants in rural areas: analysis of the actual state and development of a quantitative detection system
- Recycling of plant nutrients
- Sub-Project 1: Dynamic regulation of processes for the fermentation of renewable raw materials using a propionic discerning gas sensor arrays
Contact
ATB Department 1 Bioengineering
Max-Eyth-Allee 100
D - 14469 Potsdam
Brandenburg
Germany
Phone: (0331) 5699 -111
Fax: (0331) 5699 -849
Email: rhager(@)atb-potsdam.de