Date: 2004/09/13
Organisation
Contact
person
Email
Address
Postcode
Country
Telephone
Website
Cukurova University
Erbatur, Dr Oktay erbatur@cu.edu.tr
Faculty of Science & Letters
01330
Turkey
+90-322-338-6540 http://www.cu.edu.tr
Department
City
Fax
Type: Research Organisation & Universities
Is a Small and Medium Sized Enterprise (SME)? NO
Number of
Employees
3000
Chemistry
Adana
Deadline: 2010/12/30
+90-322-338-6070

Description of research
activity:
Subject: Collaboration in FP6 of European Union
Contact Person:
Oktay Erbatur (Professor of Industrial & Analytical Chemistry)
Department of Chemistry
Cukurova University
01330 Adana
Turkey
Phone: +90-322-338 6540
Fax: +90-322-338 6070 e-mail: erbatur@cu.edu.tr
Topic 1:
Cloning and Expression of Feed Upgrading Enzymes in Spirulina sp.
Some beneficial enzymes may be clonned and expressed in microalgae, such as lysozyme (immune stimulating and anti-bacterial enzyme) and phytase (fitat degragating and P liberating enzyme; especially used to supplement feed and food for creating less manure and reducing risk of environmental pollution. Recombinant
Spirulina sp (cyanobacterium) cells carrying such enzymes may be used directly to feed animal, fish or indirectly for human consumption. Alternatively all these enzymes may be isolated from Spirulina cell after harvesting the recombinant cyanobacterium.
Currently, it is difficult to clone genes in Spirulina sp. because of lack of transformation systems and available vectors for most of the microalgae including the cyanobacterium spirulina. Therefore we are targeting now to develop gene transfer systems and construction of a new vector for spirulina. After establishing gene transfer and expression systems for spirulina, cultivation of recombinant spirulina cells and extraction/developing enrichment techniques with respect to the valuable enzyme and other health and nutritionally beneficial components will be developed.
Type of FP6 Project:
STREP (The above topic is consistent with some of the priority topics to be announced in the third call of Food Quality and Safety thematic area)
Partners Sought:
• One SME from any country experienced in microalgae production who will produce newly developed Spirulina sp. cyanobacterium in pilot-plant scale in one of the Mediterranean areas.
• One SME and/or one applied research group from food & nutrition research institutes or universities from any country to develop new and innovative ready-toeat products and semi-prepared foodstuffs by using the extracts of newly developed cyanobacterium and to carry out the relevant analysis and tests on these food material.
Contact person of research groups aggreed to collaborate (no formal aggreement yet) and the relevant research work they will be responsible:
Professor Avigad Vonshak, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Microalgal
Biotechnology Unit, 84105 Beer-Sheva, ISRAEL
(Please write here what you propose in one or two sentences)
Professor Numan Ozcan, Department of Zootechnology, Faculty of Agriculture,
Adana 01330, Turkey
Genetic transformations via enzyme cloning in Spirulina sp.
Assoc. Professor Oya Isik, Department of Marine Microbiology, Faculty of Fisheries
Adana 01330, Turkey
Production of newly developed Spirulina sp. strains in lab-scale greenhouse type of structures under Mediterranean climate conditions.
Prof. Oktay Erbatur
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science & Letters, Cukurova University, Adana
01330, Turkey
Analysis of various extracts of the newly developed Spirulina sp., and process

Former participation in an FP European project? NO
Keywords specifying the
expertise:
Description of the
expertise:
Commitment
offered
Chemical processes under high pressure; supercritical fractionation
Complex plant constituents are extracted and in-situ fractionated under supercritical conditions to obtain concentrated value-added health beneficial products.
Research,Technology
Term
commitment:
Expected results for your
organisation:
Medium (1 to 3 years)
Developing technology for obtaining value-added health beneficial products