Novel Selenium-Reducing Biotechnology
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Technology
Microvi Wins NSF Grant to Develop a Novel Selenium-Reducing Biotechnology
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Microvi Biotechnologies a grant to develop a novel high-performance biological technology that removes selenium from water, the company announced today.
The new technology is based on Microvi's MicroNiche Engineering™ platform, a process which enhances microbial physiology using materials science to provide synthetic biocatalyst microenvironments.
Microvi's technology will reduce the amount of selenium in wastewater to below 5 parts-per-billion, a standard that can be prohibitively expensive to achieve using existing technologies.
About the National Science Foundation
The NSF is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 to promote science, national health, and the prosperity and welfare of the United States. With an annual budget of $7.2 billion this year, the agency is the funding source for approximately 24 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by America's colleges and universities.
About Microvi
Microvi is a leading biotechnology company that develops, manufactures, and commercializes innovative biocatalytic technologies for water, energy and chemical industries. Microvi's pipeline of solutions, created using its proprietary MicroNiche Engineering™ platform, enable cost-effective, energy efficient and waste free bioprocesses that deliver higher performance than conventional methods. To learn more
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