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I work on bioremediation in marine environment. In particular, on hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria (HCB), able to use hydrocarbons as preferential substrate for carbon and energy source. I study biodiversity of bacterial community associated to oil-polluted environment (Kill Spill project), HCB physiology and genomic features (Schneiker, et al. 2006 ), their commercial perspectives and constrains for their application (Tedesco et al. 2024) .
HCB become dominant member of marine bacterial community after an oil spill (Denaro 2021). But they colonize also algae (Denaro 2021)
HCB have developed competitive advantage to survive as production biosurfactants (tensioactive) (Crisafi 2016), siderophores (iron-scavengers) (Denaro 2014), polyhydroxyalkanoate (bioplastic precursors) (Crisafi 2020).
Recently we have demonstrated the role of HCB in the plastic degradation in marine matrices (Denaro 2020, Crisafi 2022).
HCB have several receptors that can recognize nano amounts of specific hydrocarbons (aliphatic, aromatic etc.) they have been used as biosensors (BRAAVOO project www.BRAAVOO.org and Euronews).
- Tedesco et al. 2024 Marine Pollution Bulletin
- Crisafi et al. 2022 Science of Total Environment
- Denaro et al. 2020 Science of Total Environment
- Crisafi et al. 2016 Marine Pollution Bulletin
- Crisafi et al. 2022 . Sustainability
- Denaro et al. 2014 Marine Genomics
- Schneiker, et al. 2006 Nature Biotechnology
- Denaro et al. 2021 Water Pollution and Remediation

PA2 - Blue economy sectors, development of marine multi-use infrastructures
PA4 - Blue Bioresources

Marine Microbial Biotechnology
Microbiology of hydrocarbons
Plastic degradation and bioplastic from bacteria
Bacterial biosensors
Bacteria-algae association
products from marine bacteria
bioremediation

marine bacteria, biosurfactants, polyhydroxyalkanoate, hydrocarbons bioremediation, biosensors, plastic degraders, iron siderophores, biodegradation

https://www.b2match.com/e/sustainable-blue-economy-partnership.