Microbial electro-photosynthesis
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for growing photosynthetic organisms lacking Photosystem II (PSII) function using externally supplied electrons shuttled into the organism using redox mediators to improve photosynthetic output and to produce and recover chemicals of interest. By removing PSII, all PAR photons are funneled toward Photosystem I, thereby significantly increasing the theoretical photon utilization efficiency for CO2 fixation, energy storage and the capacity to synthesize valuable chemicals. Additional genetic modification can be performed to insert or enhance specific metabolic pathways to generate products of commercial interest.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Arizona State Univ., Scottsdale, AZ (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1632562
- Patent Number(s):
- 10563162
- Application Number:
- 16/539,961
- Assignee:
- Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, AZ)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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C - CHEMISTRY C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY C12M - APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY
C - CHEMISTRY C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY C12N - MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES
- DOE Contract Number:
- SC0001016
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 08/13/2019
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Citation Formats
Flory, Justin, Fromme, Petra, Vermaas, Willem, Rittman, Bruce, Torres, Cesar, Moore, Thomas, and Moore, Ana. Microbial electro-photosynthesis. United States: N. p., 2020.
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Flory, Justin, Fromme, Petra, Vermaas, Willem, Rittman, Bruce, Torres, Cesar, Moore, Thomas, & Moore, Ana. Microbial electro-photosynthesis. United States.
Flory, Justin, Fromme, Petra, Vermaas, Willem, Rittman, Bruce, Torres, Cesar, Moore, Thomas, and Moore, Ana. Tue .
"Microbial electro-photosynthesis". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1632562.
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title = {Microbial electro-photosynthesis},
author = {Flory, Justin and Fromme, Petra and Vermaas, Willem and Rittman, Bruce and Torres, Cesar and Moore, Thomas and Moore, Ana},
abstractNote = {Methods and apparatus for growing photosynthetic organisms lacking Photosystem II (PSII) function using externally supplied electrons shuttled into the organism using redox mediators to improve photosynthetic output and to produce and recover chemicals of interest. By removing PSII, all PAR photons are funneled toward Photosystem I, thereby significantly increasing the theoretical photon utilization efficiency for CO2 fixation, energy storage and the capacity to synthesize valuable chemicals. Additional genetic modification can be performed to insert or enhance specific metabolic pathways to generate products of commercial interest.},
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