Bacteria to treat wastewater and save energy

wastewater

Manuel Ramírez and Víctor Marchena, two entrepreneurs from Seville, have created Star-Bac Technology, a wastewater treatment system based on bacteria. They put a mixture of bacteria into dispensers and place them in different parts of the public sewer, this way they decompose organic matter, considerably reducing its polluting action. They have implanted the system, which […]

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Manuel Espinosa, a fascination for bacteria that promotes scientific spreading

Manuel Espinosa

Bacteria are his specialty, both the good ones and the bad ones. Manuel Espinosa is a CSIC researcher and the current deputy director of the Zaidín Experimental Station, located in Granada. His work is focused on the relationship between plants and bacteria. One of his goals is finding new therapeutic targets to combat infections. He […]

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