Revisiting solar energy flow in nanomaterial-microorganism hybrid systems

J Liang, K Xiao, X Wang, T Hou, C Zeng, X Gao… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Nanomaterial-microorganism hybrid systems (NMHSs), integrating semiconductor
nanomaterials with microorganisms, present a promising platform for broadband solar …

[HTML][HTML] Bio-conversion of CO2 into biofuels and other value-added chemicals via metabolic engineering

A Nisar, S Khan, M Hameed, A Nisar, H Ahmad… - Microbiological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Carbon dioxide (CO 2) occurs naturally in the atmosphere as a trace gas, which is produced
naturally as well as by anthropogenic activities. CO 2 is a readily available source of carbon …

Conversion of Escherichia coli to generate all biomass carbon from CO2

S Gleizer, R Ben-Nissan, YM Bar-On, N Antonovsky… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
The living world is largely divided into autotrophs that convert CO 2 into biomass and
heterotrophs that consume organic compounds. In spite of widespread interest in renewable …

The industrial yeast Pichia pastoris is converted from a heterotroph into an autotroph capable of growth on CO2

T Gassler, M Sauer, B Gasser, M Egermeier… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris is widely used in the manufacture of industrial
enzymes and pharmaceuticals. Like most biotechnological production hosts, P. pastoris is …

Generation of an Escherichia coli strain growing on methanol via the ribulose monophosphate cycle

P Keller, MA Reiter, P Kiefer, T Gassler… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Methanol is a liquid with high energy storage capacity that holds promise as an alternative
substrate to replace sugars in the biotechnology industry. It can be produced from CO2 or …

Construction and modular implementation of the THETA cycle for synthetic CO2 fixation

S Luo, C Diehl, H He, YJ Bae, M Klose, P Claus… - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
Synthetic biology offers the opportunity to build solutions for improved capture and
conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) that outcompete those evolved by nature. Here we …

Awakening a latent carbon fixation cycle in Escherichia coli

A Satanowski, B Dronsella, E Noor, B Vögeli… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Carbon fixation is one of the most important biochemical processes. Most natural carbon
fixation pathways are thought to have emerged from enzymes that originally performed other …

Functional reconstitution of a bacterial CO2 concentrating mechanism in Escherichia coli

AI Flamholz, E Dugan, C Blikstad, S Gleizer… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Many photosynthetic organisms employ a CO2 concentrating mechanism (CCM) to increase
the rate of CO2 fixation via the Calvin cycle. CCMs catalyze≈ 50% of global photosynthesis …

A review of recent advances in engineering bacteria for enhanced CO2 capture and utilization

H Onyeaka, OC Ekwebelem - International Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is emitted into the atmosphere due to some anthropogenic activities,
such as the combustion of fossil fuels and industrial output. As a result, fears about …

Recent advances toward the bioconversion of methane and methanol in synthetic methylotrophs

GJ Gregory, RK Bennett, ET Papoutsakis - Metabolic Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Abundant natural gas reserves, along with increased biogas production, have prompted
recent interest in harnessing methane as an industrial feedstock for the production of liquid …