Metabolic engineering strategies to enable microbial utilization of C1 feedstocks

W Jiang, D Hernández Villamor, H Peng… - Nature Chemical …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract One-carbon (C1) substrates are preferred feedstocks for the biomanufacturing
industry and have recently gained attention owing to their natural abundance, low …

Catalytic oxidation of methane to oxygenated products: recent advancements and prospects for electrocatalytic and photocatalytic conversion at low temperatures

MSA Sher Shah, C Oh, H Park, YJ Hwang… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Methane is an important fossil fuel and widely available on the earth's crust. It is a
greenhouse gas that has more severe warming effect than CO2. Unfortunately, the emission …

Direct methane to methanol: the selectivity–conversion limit and design strategies

AA Latimer, A Kakekhani, AR Kulkarni… - ACS catalysis, 2018 - ACS Publications
Currently, methane is transformed into methanol through the two-step syngas process,
which requires high temperatures and centralized production. While the slightly exothermic …

A methanotroph-based biorefinery: potential scenarios for generating multiple products from a single fermentation

PJ Strong, M Kalyuzhnaya, J Silverman… - Bioresource technology, 2016 - Elsevier
Methane, a carbon source for methanotrophic bacteria, is the principal component of natural
gas and is produced during anaerobic digestion of organic matter (biogas). Methanotrophs …

C1-carbon sources for chemical and fuel production by microbial gas fermentation

P Dürre, BJ Eikmanns - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•Autotrophic acetogens, carboxidotrophs, and methanotrophs can grow on CO,
CO 2 or CH 4.•Gas fermentation allows an economic production of commodity chemicals …

Lanthanide-dependent regulation of methanol oxidation systems in Methylobacterium extorquens AM1 and their contribution to methanol growth

HN Vu, GA Subuyuj, S Vijayakumar… - Journal of …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Methylobacterium extorquens AM1 has two distinct types of methanol dehydrogenase
(MeDH) enzymes that catalyze the oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde. MxaFI-MeDH …

Effects of biochar size and type on gaseous emissions during pig manure/wheat straw aerobic composting: Insights into multivariate-microscale characterization and …

X He, H Yin, L Han, R Cui, C Fang, G Huang - Bioresource technology, 2019 - Elsevier
Greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions during composting with different biochar types
and particle sizes were investigated. Compared with powder-biochar, granular-biochar …

Bioconversion of methane to lactate by an obligate methanotrophic bacterium

CA Henard, H Smith, N Dowe, MG Kalyuzhnaya… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Methane is the second most abundant greenhouse gas (GHG), with nearly 60% of
emissions derived from anthropogenic sources. Microbial conversion of methane to fuels …

Methane monooxygenases: central enzymes in methanotrophy with promising biotechnological applications

MLK Khider, T Brautaset, M Irla - World Journal of Microbiology and …, 2021 - Springer
Worldwide, the use of methane is limited to generating power, electricity, heating, and for
production of chemicals. We believe this valuable gas can be employed more widely. Here …

Type II methanotrophs: A promising microbial cell-factory platform for bioconversion of methane to chemicals

DTN Nguyen, OK Lee, TT Nguyen, EY Lee - Biotechnology Advances, 2021 - Elsevier
Methane, the predominant element in natural gas and biogas, represents a promising
alternative to carbon feedstocks in the biotechnological industry due to its low cost and high …