Projektnummer

0055045

Zusammenfassung

Stockpiled obsolete pesticides (mainly organochlorine compounds) are a serious and growing public health and environmental danger confronting nearly every country in Africa. This project proposes to develop novel biotechnological alternatives for the safe and sustainable disposal of recalcitrant obsolete pesticides. A "search, discover and harness" approach is envisaged where microorganisms that can tolerate multiple environmental extremes (polyextremophiles) will be screened systematically for new biological activities and biochemical pathways for the detoxification, degradation or co...