Clinical Microbiology and Yeast Congress

Bioremediation

It refers to the bioremediation or biodegradation of contaminants and hazardous pollutants in the environment using yeast. Environment is under great stress due to industrialization and human interfering on the limited natural resources. Bioremediation is an increasingly popular method using microbial strains and their enzymes for degrading waste contaminants such as chlorinated pesticides or other pollutants to protect the environment from pollution. Bioremediation is based on biodegradative processes related to microbial population dynamics in soil or water and its ability to consume xenobiotic as carbon source.

• Spills during the industrial production process
•  Disposal of toxic compounds
• Excessive treatment of agricultural surfaces
• Phytoremediation
• Pollution cleaning techniques
• Contaminated Soil Disposal
• Waste water Treatment
• Soil Bio fumigant Treatments for Control Pathogens

Industrial wastes comprise organic compounds such as aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons derived from petroleum, charcoal and wood, as well as natural products, halogenated solvents, pesticides, herbicides and explosives.

Microorganisms (bacteria and yeasts) are subjects of many bioremediation studies, due to their ability of assimilating hydrocarbons. Until now there have been described at least 100 microbial species belonging to 30 genera from which 22 genera of bacteria and approximately 14 genera of yeasts. The way that bacteria act in the biodegradation processes is relatively well known, while there are still many questions concerning the way yeasts participate in the same processes.

Related Conferences

International Conference on Microbial Ecology & Eco Systems September 18-20, 2017 Toronto, Ontario, Canada; 2th International Congress on Microbial Interaction and Applications of Beneficial Microbes July 17-18, 2017 Munich, Germany; International Symposium on Fungal Stress – ISFUS Goiás, Brazil; 4th World Congress and Expo on Applied Microbiology November 29-December 01, 2017 Madrid, Spain; Experimental Approaches to Evolution and Ecology Using Yeast and Other Model Systems, 19 - 23 Oct 2016,  EMBL Heidelberg, Germany; ISSY33 Exploring and Engineering Yeasts for Industrial Application Cork, Ireland 26-29 June 2017; World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology April 17-20, 2016, San Diego Convention Centre

Related Associations

• European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations
• Japan Bioindustry Association
• ASMUSA American Society for Microbiology
• All India Biotech Association
• ASGT American Society of Gene Therapy
• European Association of Pharma Biotechnology
• Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (SIMB), USA
• North Carolina Association for Biomedical Research