TECHNOLOGICAL BACKGROUND
BIODEGRADATION OF CONTAMINANTS
Over 100 years of industrial development have left their mark worldwide. Pollutants got into the underground enter the subsurface in a number of ways, which leads to the fact that industrial sites became or will become emitters of substances dangerous for to the environment.
BIOMINING OF VALUABLE METALS
The easily available and commercially extractable metal deposits on the European continent have already been depleted for some metals. Microbial processes can help attain a higher yield of these elements from soil, sediments, slag heaps and mineral waste.
BIOCEMENTATION
Important examples for biomineralisation processes, which occur in diverse forms in nature, are carbonate structures such as coral reefs and limestone banks. Innovative biotechnological processes offer the prospects of adding desired characteristics to secondary raw material through according follow-up treatment.
