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Title: Microbial conversion of methane

Abstract

This invention relates to a process for producing lipids and amino acids from a gaseous substrate comprising methane and oxygen. The process uses a culture of a methanotrophic microorganism in a liquid nutrient medium. The methanotrophic microorganism can be a Methylomicrobium bacterium and more specifically Methylomicrobium buryatense 5GB1. The lipid products can be in the cellular membrane of the methanotroph and can be extracted in a separate extraction zone.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); LanzaTech New Zealand Ltd., Skokie, IL (United States); Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1892524
Patent Number(s):
11220700
Application Number:
14/519,075
Assignee:
LanzaTech New Zealand Limited (Skokie, IL); University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, WA); Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, CO)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
C - CHEMISTRY C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY C12P - FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIRED CHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERS FROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE {
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
DOE Contract Number:  
AC36-08GO28308; AR0000350
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 10/20/2014
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Lidstrom, Mary Elizabeth, Kalyuzhnaya, Marina Georgievna, Griffin, Derek Wayne, Bourdakos, Nicholas, Pienkos, Philip Thomas, and Laurens, Lieve Maria Louisa. Microbial conversion of methane. United States: N. p., 2022. Web.
Lidstrom, Mary Elizabeth, Kalyuzhnaya, Marina Georgievna, Griffin, Derek Wayne, Bourdakos, Nicholas, Pienkos, Philip Thomas, & Laurens, Lieve Maria Louisa. Microbial conversion of methane. United States.
Lidstrom, Mary Elizabeth, Kalyuzhnaya, Marina Georgievna, Griffin, Derek Wayne, Bourdakos, Nicholas, Pienkos, Philip Thomas, and Laurens, Lieve Maria Louisa. Tue . "Microbial conversion of methane". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1892524.
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