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Title: Sequestration of carbon dioxide with hydrogen to useful products

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1525055

Provided herein are genetically engineered microbes that include at least a portion of a carbon fixation pathway, and in one embodiment, use molecular hydrogen to drive carbon dioxide fixation. In one embodiment, the genetically engineered microbe is modified to convert acetyl CoA, molecular hydrogen, and carbon dioxide to 3-hydroxypropionate, 4-hydroxybutyrate, acetyl CoA, or the combination thereof at levels greater than a control microbe. Other products may also be produced. Also provided herein are cell free compositions that convert acetyl CoA, molecular hydrogen, and carbon dioxide to 3-hydroxypropionate, 4-hydroxybutyrate, acetyl CoA, or the combination thereof. Also provided herein are methods of using the genetically engineered microbes and the cell free compositions.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA (United States); North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AR0000081
Assignee:
University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, GA); North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)
Patent Number(s):
10,227,617
Application Number:
15/410,205
OSTI ID:
1525055
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2017-01-19
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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