The University of Alicante works on the creation of marketable biomass from wastewater or saline

New uses of microorganisms that inhabit hypersaline environments such as the Laguna Rosa
27.01.2022
MEDIOS HIPERSALINOS EN LA PROVINCIA DE ALICANTE
The team of researchers from the University of Alicante, led by Professor Rosa María Martínez Espinosa, is studying the use of halophilic microorganisms to clean contaminated water and brines before they are returned to the sea. Microorganisms consume these contaminants as food and make them disappear. At the same time, they create a biomass that can be used to make bioplastics. A raw material that can replace polluting plastics.