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T1 Bio-conversion of methane into high profit margin compounds: an innovative, environmentally friendly and cost-effective platform for methane abatement
A1 Cantera Ruiz de Pellón, Sara
A1 Bordel Velasco, Sergio
A1 Lebrero Fernández, Raquel
A1 Gancedo Verdejo, Juan
A1 García Encina, Pedro Antonio
A1 Muñoz Torre, Raúl
K1 Metano
K1 Methane
K1 Transformación biológica
K1 Bio-transformation
AB Despite the environmental relevance of CH4 and forthcoming stricter regulations, the development of cost-efficient and environmentally friendly technologies for CH4 abatement is still limited. To date, one of the most promising solutions for the mitigation of this important GHG consists of the bioconversion of CH4 into bioproducts with a high profit margin. In this context, methanotrophs have been already proven as cell-factories of some of the most expensive products synthesized by microorganisms. In the case of ectoine (1000 $ kg−1), already described methanotrophic genera such as Methylomicrobium can accumulate up to 20% (ectoine wt−1) using methane as the only carbon source. Moreover, α-methanotrophs, such as Methylosynus and Methylocystis, are able to store bioplastic concentrations up to 50–60% of their total cell content. More than that, methanotrophs are one of the greatest potential producers of methanol and exopolysaccharides. Although this methanotrophic factory could be enhanced throughout metabolic engineering, the valorization of CH4 into valuable metabolites has been already consistently demonstrated under continuous and discontinuous mode, producing more than one compound in the same bioprocess, and using both, single strains and specific consortia. This review states the state-of-the-art of this innovative biotechnological platform by assessing its potential and current limitations.
PB Springer
SN 0959-3993
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/35162
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/35162
LA eng
NO World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2019, 35:16
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 27-dic-2024