Code
01N04419
Duration
01 January 2019 → 31 December 2022
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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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.