WP1: Industry-driven screening to identify SAs to meet end-user needs

This Work package is dedicated to the development of semi-throughput screening method for targeted identification of SAs required by industry.

WP1 Lead partner: Heriot Watt University (HWU)
WP1 Lead contact person: Tony Gutierrez (Associate Professor)
Email: Contact person by email

Major Objectives:

• Development of a tailored innovative screening programme to identify SA-producing strains from a unique bacterial collection (>700 strains) based on SA characteristics that are in demand by the end-users.

• Selection of a subset of strains producing SAs with high emulsifying and/or surfactant qualities for further evaluation in WP2.

• Determination of pre-optimised SA yields and location of production in culture.

Partners participating in this WP:

• HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY (HWU)
• APIVITA, S.A (APIVITA)
• Marlow Foods Limited
• MACPHIE of Glenbervie LTD
• NANOIMMUNOTECH, S.L. (NIT)