Generation of materials with enhanced hydrogen content from anaerobic microbial consortia including desulfuromonas or clostridia
AssigneeLUCA Technologies, Inc.
InventorGary Vanzin
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Abstract
An isolated microbial consortia is described. The consortia may include a first-bite microbial consortium that converts a starting hydrocarbon that is a complex hydrocarbon into two or more first-bite metabolic products. The consortia may also include a downstream microbial consortium that converts a starting hydrocarbon metabolic product into a downstream metabolic product. The downstream metabolic product has a greater mol. % hydrogen than the starting hydrocarbon. The first-bite microbial consortium or the downstream microbial consortium includes one or more species of Desulfuromonas.
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An isolated microbial consortia comprising:
- a first-bite microbial consortium that converts a starting hydrocarbon comprising a complex hydrocarbon into two or more first-bite metabolic products;
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- a downstream microbial consortium that converts a starting hydrocarbon metabolic product into a downstream metabolic product, wherein the downstream metabolic product has a greater mol. % hydrogen than the starting hydrocarbon, and wherein the first-bite microbial consortium or the downstream microbial consortium comprises one or more species of Desulfuromonas.
An isolated microbial consortia for biogenic methane production, the consortia comprising:
- a first microbial consortium that converts a starting hydrocarbon into one or more intermediate compounds;
- a second microbial consortium that converts at least one type of the intermediate compounds into CO2 and H2;
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- a third microbial consortium that converts the CO2 and H2 into methane and water,
- wherein at least one of the first, second and third microbial consortiums comprises at least one species of Desulfuromonas.
An isolated microbial consortia for biogenic methane production, the consortia comprising:
- a first microbial consortium that converts a starting hydrocarbon into one or more intermediate compounds;
- a second microbial consortium that converts at least one type of the intermediate compounds into acetate;
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- a third microbial consortium that converts the acetate into methane and water,
- wherein at least one of the first, second and third microbial consortiums comprises at least one species of Desulfuromonas.
An isolated microbial consortia comprising:
- a first-bite microbial consortium that converts a starting hydrocarbon comprising a complex hydrocarbon into two or more first-bite metabolic products;
- and
- a downstream microbial consortium that converts a starting hydrocarbon metabolic product into a downstream metabolic product, wherein the downstream metabolic product has a greater mol. % hydrogen than the starting hydrocarbon, and wherein the first-bite microbial consortium or the downstream microbial consortium comprises one or more species of Fusibacter.
An isolated microbial consortia comprising:
- a first-bite microbial consortium that converts a starting hydrocarbon comprising a complex hydrocarbon into two or more first-bite metabolic products;
- and
- a downstream microbial consortium that converts a starting hydrocarbon metabolic product into a downstream metabolic product, wherein the downstream metabolic product has a greater mol. % hydrogen than the starting hydrocarbon, and wherein the first-bite microbial consortium or the downstream microbial consortium comprises one or more species of Acetobacterium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.