Characterization and redox regulation of biochemical pathways during the conversion of organic wastes into biomass and bioenergy

Nowadays, the valorization of organic wastes to produce value-added products, biofuel, bioelectricity, single-cell proteins, enzymes, etc. is of great interest. The project aims to understand the role of key bioenergetic enzymes and to examine the state-of-the-art redox regulation of biochemical pathways for enhanced biomass and bioenergy production upon the conversion of organic wastes. The pretreatment of industrial and agricultural wastes available in Armenia and their further utilization by a variety of highly applicative microbes with biotechnological importance will be done. Bacterial biomass, bioenergy (bioelectricity, biohydrogen, bioethanol, or biobutanol), and other fermentation products will be obtained. The role of oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) for bacterial biomass formation and biochemical processes on wastes will be considered. Identification of activities and redox regulation of some key enzymes responsible for the enhanced generation of products of interest during utilization of the pretreated organic wastes will be conducted. Moreover, purification of enzymes for the operation of the hydrogen fuel cell will be implemented, and an FC prototype will be set up.