Industrial biomanufacturing: the future of chemical production

JM Clomburg, AM Crumbley, R Gonzalez - Science, 2017 - science.org
BACKGROUND Environmental, geopolitical, and economic factors are reshaping our view
of global energy and manufacturing demands. Addressing these challenges may require a …

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 …

Endophytic bacteria: a new source of bioactive compounds

M Singh, A Kumar, R Singh, KD Pandey - 3 Biotech, 2017 - Springer
In recent years, bioactive compounds are in high demand in the pharmaceuticals and
naturopathy, due to their health benefits to human and plants. Microorganisms synthesize …

[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 …

Uneven distribution of cobamide biosynthesis and dependence in bacteria predicted by comparative genomics

AN Shelton, EC Seth, KC Mok, AW Han… - The ISME …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The vitamin B12 family of cofactors known as cobamides are essential for a variety of
microbial metabolisms. We used comparative genomics of 11,000 bacterial species to …

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 …

Endophytic microorganisms—promising applications in bioremediation of greenhouse gases

Z Stępniewska, A Kuźniar - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2013 - Springer
Bioremediation is a technique that uses microbial metabolism to remove pollutants. Various
techniques and strategies of bioremediation (eg, phytoremediation enhanced by endophytic …

Methane utilization in Methylomicrobium alcaliphilum 20ZR: a systems approach

IR Akberdin, M Thompson, R Hamilton, N Desai… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Biological methane utilization, one of the main sinks of the greenhouse gas in nature,
represents an attractive platform for production of fuels and value-added chemicals. Despite …

Prospecting the characteristics and significance of the phyllosphere microbiome

S Thapa, R Prasanna - Annals of microbiology, 2018 - Springer
Phyllosphere represents the largest global interface of the aerial parts of the plant,
comprising mainly stem and leaves, which is inhabited by various groups of …

Methane to bioproducts: the future of the bioeconomy?

AJ Pieja, MC Morse, AJ Cal - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Interest in the biological production of products from methane is rapidly
growing.•The most-studied products are methanol, PHA, and single cell protein.•Genetic …