SBIR/STTR Research Award
BIODEGRADATION OF HEAVY HYDROCARBONS
Award amount
$490,100Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1990Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- SYMBIOTECH, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
SURFACTANTS AND ENZYMES WHICH PLAY KEY ROLES IN THE DEGRADATION OF HEAVY HYDROCARBONS BY MICROORGANISMS WILL BE PRODUCED, PURIFIED AND CHARACTERIZED. ANAEROBIC AND AEROBIC CULTURES OF A NUMBER OF MICROORGANISMS WILL BE INVESTIGATED AS PURE AND AS MIXED CULTURES. KEY VARIABLES AND PARAMETERS AFFECTING THE PRODUCTION OF ENYMES AND SURFACTANTS OF INTEREST WILL BE IDENTIFIED.
Technology keywords
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