Methane as a resource: can the methanotrophs add value?

PJ Strong, S Xie, WP Clarke - Environmental science & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Methane is an abundant gas used in energy recovery systems, heating, and transport.
Methanotrophs are bacteria capable of using methane as their sole carbon source. Although …

[HTML][HTML] Bioconversion of natural gas to liquid fuel: opportunities and challenges

Q Fei, MT Guarnieri, L Tao, LML Laurens, N Dowe… - Biotechnology …, 2014 - Elsevier
Natural gas is a mixture of low molecular weight hydrocarbon gases that can be generated
from either fossil or anthropogenic resources. Although natural gas is used as a …

Biotransformation of methane and carbon dioxide into high-value products by methanotrophs: current state of art and future prospects

KK Sahoo, G Goswami, D Das - Frontiers in microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Conventional chemical methods to transform methane and carbon dioxide into useful
chemicals are plagued by the requirement for extreme operating conditions and expensive …

Methanotrophs: multifunctional bacteria with promising applications in environmental bioengineering

H Jiang, Y Chen, P Jiang, C Zhang, TJ Smith… - Biochemical …, 2010 - Elsevier
Methane is an important greenhouse gas which is produced from many natural and
anthropogenic sources. It plays an important role in overall global warming. A significant …

Biological conversion of methane to liquid fuels: status and opportunities

X Ge, L Yang, JP Sheets, Z Yu, Y Li - Biotechnology advances, 2014 - Elsevier
Methane is the main component of natural gas and biogas. As an abundant energy source,
methane is crucial not only to meet current energy needs but also to achieve a sustainable …

The opportunity for high-performance biomaterials from methane

PJ Strong, B Laycock, SNS Mahamud, PD Jensen… - Microorganisms, 2016 - mdpi.com
Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biopolymers are widely recognised as outstanding candidates
to replace conventional petroleum-derived polymers. Their mechanical properties are good …

Urban biowaste valorization by coupling anaerobic digestion and single cell protein production

B Khoshnevisan, P Tsapekos, Y Zhang… - Bioresource …, 2019 - Elsevier
Resource efficient and novel practices to produce proteinaceous food and feed sources can
partially alleviate the protein scarcity problem. The conversion of low-value waste streams …

Embracing a low-carbon future by the production and marketing of C1 gas protein

J Xu, J Wang, C Ma, Z Wei, Y Zhai, N Tian, Z Zhu… - Biotechnology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Food scarcity and environmental deterioration are two major problems that human
populations currently face. Fortunately, the disruptive innovation of raw food materials has …

Review of sustainable methane mitigation and biopolymer production

OP Karthikeyan… - Critical Reviews in …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Biological methane (CH4) mitigation combined with biopolymer (PHA-
polyhydroxyalkaonate/PHB-polyhydroxybutyrate) production is a viable option in this fossil …

High-rate conversion of methane to methanol by Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b

C Duan, M Luo, X Xing - Bioresource technology, 2011 - Elsevier
Methanol was produced from methane with a high conversion rate using a high cell density
process with Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b in the presence of a high concentration of …