Environmental Biotechnology

The Environmental Biotechnology group was created to investigate the metabolizing abilities of bacteria for environmental applications. We study the genes, enzymes and regulation of the metabolic pathways both to degrade the environmental contaminants and to synthesize chemical compounds by biotransformation / biorefinery processes (e.g., pharmaceuticals, biofuels, biomaterials, enzymes), thus helping to reduce the environmental impact generated by human activity. It is a group integrated within the areas of LIFE and MATERIA..