Effects of biodiversity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-degrading consortia on system functionality and robustness

Augelletti, Floriana;Agathos, Spiros N.;Stenuit, Benoît
(2017) 14th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology (BAGECO) — Location: Aberdeen, UK (4.June.2017)

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  • Augelletti, FlorianaUCLouvain
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  • Agathos, Spiros N.orcid-logoUCLouvain
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  • Stenuit, Benoîtorcid-logoUCLouvain
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Abstract
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous, toxic and recalcitrant compounds. Specific microorganisms are able to use PAHs as the sole source of carbon and energy. Soils are commonly co-contaminated by different classes of PAHs and heavy metals that require functionally-diverse and robust bioaugmentation formulations to guarantee effective in situ bioremediation. OBJECTIVES This study seeks to construct defined PAH-degrading bacterial consortia to investigate the impacts of microbial community biodiversity and niche dimensionality on the system functionality and robustness (resistance against heavy metal perturbation).
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Augelletti, F., Agathos, S. N., & Stenuit, B. (2017). Effects of biodiversity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-degrading consortia on system functionality and robustness. 14th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology (BAGECO), Aberdeen, UK. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/214791