Copper removal using a microbial consortium isolated from mining wastes

• Grant number: 15/18089-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: July 15, 2016
• End date: January 14, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Interdisciplinary Subjects
• Principal Investigator: Elen Aquino Perpetuo
• Grantee: Louise Hase Gracioso
• Supervisor: Debora Frigi Rodrigues
• Host Institution: Escola Politécnica (EP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of Houston (UH), United States
• Associated to the scholarship: 13/11020-2 - Characterization of the bacterial community of a copper processing and identification of heavy metals resistance mechanism, BP.DR

Abstract

This project is related to the FAPESP process nº 2013/11020-2 and proposes the development of fixed-bed reactor technique using microbial consortium isolated from contaminated sites. The step proposed involves a stage of a PhD student with the research team at the University of Houston, USA, coordinated by Profa. Dra. Débora Rodrigues Frigi. This knowledge will be applied to the PhD student's project and will represent a significant increase in knowledge both for the student and for the Brazilian research team. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

GRACIOSO, LOUISE HASE; PENA-BAHAMONDE, JANIRE; KAROLSKI, BRUNO; BORREGO, BRUNA BACARO; PERPETUO, ELEN AQUINO; OLLER DO NASCIMENTO, CLAUDIO AUGUSTO; HASHIGUCHI, HIROKI; JULIANO, MARIA APARECIDA; ROBLES HERNANDEZ, FRANCISCO C.; RODRIGUES, DEBORA FRIGI. Copper mining bacteria: Converting toxic copper ions into a stable single-atom copper. SCIENCE ADVANCES, v. 7, n. 17, APR 2021. (15/18089-3, 18/22790-7, 13/11020-2, 13/50218-2, 18/13588-0)