MATERIALS FOR REMOVING CONTAMINANTS FROM FLUIDS USING SUPPORTS WITH BIOLOGICALLY-DERIVED FUNCTIONALIZED GROUPS AND METHODS OF FORMING AND USING THE SAME.

摘要

A modified bioreactor support material having high surface area for removing a contaminant (16) from fluids can include a substrate (10) having a functionalized surface, The functionalized surface can have inorganic or organic non-living functional groups, such that the functional groups bind to or chemically alter the contaminant. A method for making a modified bioreactor support material can include activating a suitable substrate (10) and attaching a biologically-derived functional group carrier such as living microbes (18) or non-living materials (14) derived from living materials to the activated substrate (10).