Biorefinery system, methods and compositions thereof
AssigneeCalysta, Inc.
InventorsJoshua Silverman, Sol M. Resnick, Michael Mendez, Renee Saville, Sungwon Lee, Luan Nguyen
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to bioengineering approaches for producing biofuel and, in particular, to the use of a C1 metabolizing microorganism reactor system for converting C1 substrates, such as methane or methanol, into biomass and subsequently into biofuels, bioplastics, or the like.
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A methanotroph bacteria, wherein said methanotroph bacteria comprises a heterologous polynucleotide encoding a thioesterase, a malonyl-CoA-acyl carrier protein transacylase, an acetyl-CoA carboxylase or any combination thereof, and wherein said methanotroph bacteria accumulates an increased level of fatty acids when grown on a C1 substrate as a carbon source when compared to a wild-type methanotroph bacteria without said heterologous polynucleotide and grown under same conditions.
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