Periodic Reporting for period 1 - PROMICON (HARNESSING THE POWER OF NATURE THROUGH PRODUCTIVE MICROBIAL CONSORTIA IN BIOTECHNOLOGY – MEASURE, MODEL, MASTER)
Reporting period: 2021-06-01 to 2022-11-30
In WP2 (Natural consortia for learning and production) one deliverable has been achieved during the reporting time. In this deliverable (D2.1) the natural microbiomes from different habitats have been collected and characterized. After the screening of PHA and EPS producing strains, the production efficiency was further up-scaled and improved under different conditions.
In WP3 (Synthetic consortia for production) two deliverables have been submitted as planned. From these two deliverables (D3.3 and D3.6) two genetically modified strains have been constructed towards specific higher production efficiency.
In WP4 (Reactor concepts) two types of reactors, namely, multi-chamber photobioreactor and biofilm reactor have been established and tested for the performance of targeted product formation.
In WP5 (Exploitation) a milestone 18, which is an intermediate deliverable for D5.3 is completed to introduce the exploitation and business strategy plan, has been carried out.
In WP6 (Dissemination and Communication) two deliverables of project branding, dissemination and communication (D6.1 and D6.2) have been performed to ensure the normal running of PROMICON, as well to rise the impact of PROMICON.
In WP7 (Management & coordination) and WP8 (Ethics) 6 deliverables (D7.1 D7.2 D8.1 D8.2 D8.3 and D8.4) have been submitted. These works specify the data management, coordination strategy and the ethics requirements of the whole project.