Project

Getting the iso-needle out of the fermentation haystack

Code

01N04419

Duration

01 January 2019 → 31 December 2022

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund

Promotor

Ramon Ganigué

Research disciplines

Engineering and technology
- Carbon capture engineering
- Biomaterials
- Biological system engineering not elsewhere classified
- Biochemical engineering
- Biomechanical engineering not elsewehere classified
- Other (bio)medical engineering not elsewhere classified
- Environmental microorganism biotechnology
- Bioprocessing, bioproduction and bioproducts
- Other biotechnology, bio-engineering and biosystem engineering not elsewhere classified

Keywords

bioproduction from waste fermentation isomerization

Project description

CO2 can be biologically converted to chemical building blocks while reducing carbon emissions and dependency from raw material imports. The production of iso-butyric acid has been recently reported in mixed cultures using methanol as electron donor for CO2 fixation. This project will isolate and characterize the organisms responsible and its metabolism to harness it for industrial bio-production from CO2.