Microorganisms and artificial ecosystems for the production of protein, food, and useful co-products from c1 substrates

A biological and chemical method for the capture and conversion of an inorganic and/or organic molecules containing only one carbon atom, into organic molecules containing two or more carbon atoms produced through anabolic biosynthesis comprising:

• introducing inorganic and/or organic molecules containing only one carbon atom, into an environment suitable for maintaining chemoautotrophic microorganisms;
• introducing a gaseous substrate into an environment suitable for maintaining chemoautotrophic microorganisms;
• wherein the inorganic and/or organic molecules containing only one carbon atom are used as a carbon source by the microorganism for growth and/or biosynthesis;
• converting the inorganic and/or organic molecules containing only one carbon atom into the organic molecule products containing two or more carbon atoms within the environment via at least one chemosynthetic carbon-fixing reaction and at least one anabolic biosynthetic pathway contained within the chemoautotrophic microorganisms;
• wherein the chemosynthetic fixing reaction and anabolic biosynthetic pathway are at least partially driven by chemical and/or electrochemical energy provided by electron donors and electron acceptors that have been generated chemically and/or electrochemically and/or thermochemically and/or are introduced into the environment from at least one source external to the environment.