Bioremediation
Engineered microbes and plants for environmental remediation (e.g., superfund and landfill clean-up and mining) that can survive in toxic conditions and degrade diverse classes of pollutants while concentrating and mining valuable elements.
Biocontainment risks need to be addressed.
Resources (2)
Bioremediation of environmental wastes: the role of microorganisms
Research and Reviews
R&D Gaps (1)
Applied synthetic biology is underutilized in applications such as building sustainable food systems and repairing the environmental damage caused by conventional agriculture and industry. Despite advances in tools and chassis engineering, there are few robust platforms that translate synthetic biol...