Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP210100553
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
Bacterial polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon transport and degradation. This project aims to investigate the molecular processes underpinning the degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) by bacteria. PAHs are persistent environmental contaminants linked to several human diseases, including cancer. Bacteria capable of degrading PAHs could be used to naturally and effectively reduce environmental PAH loads to below safe levels. The project will apply techniques in functional genomics and biochemistry to help define the ways that PAHs are taken up from the environment by bacteria, their fate within bacterial cells, and the ways that bacteria overcome the inherent toxicity of PAHs. The knowledge generated is expected to enhance our capacity to rationally deploy bacteria for PAH degradation.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 02-2021
End Date: 12-2024
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $416,025.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Microbial Genetics | Microbiology | Bacteriology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Rehabilitation of Degraded Urban and Industrial Environments | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |
