title: Laboratory research aimed at closing the gaps in microbial bioremediation.
abstract: The industrial revolution, the first agricultural 'green revolution', and the development of antibiotics and therapeutic chemicals have brought significant and undeniable benefits to the human race. However, these advances demand high levels of energy, exploit natural resources and create large amounts of waste that creates an environmental burden for our planet. The pollution rate and character of many of the pollutants results in a rapid deterioration of the environment. Bioremediation functions to isolate and select microorganisms that operate under aerobic and anoxic conditions to remove these harmful pollutants. Current 'omics' technologies allow the exploitation of the catabolic potential of microbes without the need to cultivate them. Synthetic microbiology builds new catabolic pathways to remove recalcitrant pollutants from the environment.
authors.affiliation: CSIC, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Granada, Spain. jlramos@eez.csic.es
authors.forename: Juan-Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marqués
authors.forename: Pieter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: van Dillewijn
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Espinosa-Urgel
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Segura
authors.forename: Estrella
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Duque
authors.forename: Tino
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Krell
authors.forename: María-Isabel
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Ramos-González
authors.forename: Sergey
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bursakov
authors.forename: Amalia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roca
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Solano
authors.forename: Matilde
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fernádez
authors.forename: José Luís
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Niqui
authors.forename: Paloma
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pizarro-Tobias
authors.forename: Regina-Michaela
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Wittich
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism*; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000639:trends; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D060847:Metabolic Engineering / Q000379:methods; D053858:Metabolic Networks and Pathways / Q000235:genetics; D012106:Research / Q000639:trends*
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants