Methanotrophs: discoveries, environmental relevance, and a perspective on current and future applications

S Guerrero-Cruz, A Vaksmaa, MA Horn… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Methane is the final product of the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter. The
conversion of organic matter to methane (methanogenesis) as a mechanism for energy …

[HTML][HTML] Recent trends in methane to bioproduct conversion by methanotrophs

A Gęsicka, P Oleskowicz-Popiel, M Łężyk - Biotechnology advances, 2021 - Elsevier
Methane is an abundant and low-cost gas with high global warming potential and its use as
a feedstock can help mitigate climate change. Variety of valuable products can be produced …

Engineered methanotrophy: a sustainable solution for methane-based industrial biomanufacturing

AD Nguyen, EY Lee - Trends in Biotechnology, 2021 - cell.com
Methane is a promising feedstock with high abundance and low cost for the sustainable
production of biochemicals and biofuels. Methanotrophic bacteria are particularly interesting …

Microbial utilization of next-generation feedstocks for the biomanufacturing of value-added chemicals and food ingredients

C Zhang, C Ottenheim, M Weingarten… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Global shift to sustainability has driven the exploration of alternative feedstocks beyond
sugars for biomanufacturing. Recently, C1 (CO2, CO, methane, formate and methanol) and …

Metabolic engineering strategies toward production of biofuels

KR Choi, S Jiao, SY Lee - Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Exacerbation of climate change and air pollution around the world have emphasized the
necessity of replacing fossil fuels with clean and sustainable energy. Metabolic engineering …

Methanotrophs as a reservoir for bioactive secondary metabolites: Pitfalls, insights and promises

UM Vasudevan, DHA Mai, S Krishna, EY Lee - Biotechnology Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Methanotrophs are potent natural producers of several bioactive secondary metabolites
(SMs) including isoprenoids, polymers, peptides, and vitamins. Cryptic biosynthetic gene …

Proteinaceous methanotrophs for feed additive using biowaste as carbon and nutrients source

P Tsapekos, X Zhu, E Pallis, I Angelidaki - Bioresource Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
To achieve a sustainable production of food and feed production, inexpensive carbon and
nutrient sources are needed. In the present study, biologically upgraded biogas is coupled …

Bioconversion of methane to cadaverine and lysine using an engineered type II methanotroph, Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b

TT Nguyen, OK Lee, S Naizabekov, EY Lee - Green Chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Methane is an attractive low-priced feedstock used for the biotechnological production of
value-added products. We developed a metabolically engineered strain of a type II …

Valorization of methane from environmental engineering applications: A critical review

K Jawaharraj, N Shrestha, G Chilkoor, SS Dhiman… - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Wastewater and waste management sectors alone account for 18% of the anthropogenic
methane (CH 4) emissions. This study presents a critical overview of methanotrophs …

Muconic acid production from methane using rationally-engineered methanotrophic biocatalysts

CA Henard, IR Akberdin, MG Kalyuzhnaya… - Green …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Here, we demonstrate bioconversion of methane to muconic acid, a dicarboxylic acid that
can be upgraded to an array of platform chemicals, by three gammaproteobacterial …