Biorefinery system, methods and compositions thereof
AssigneeCalysta, Inc.
InventorsJoshua A. Silverman, Sol M. Resnick, Michael Mendez
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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 method for making fuel, comprising converting biomass from a culture primarily comprising methanotrophic bacteria grown under unbalanced growth conditions on a C1 substrate comprising methane and/or methanol as a carbon source, into an oil composition and refining the oil composition into a liquid fuel, wherein the methanotrophic bacteria grown under unbalanced growth conditions contain an increased amount of lipid to total biomass yield as compared to a parent methanotrophic bacteria grown under balanced growth conditions, and wherein the culture is a mixed culture comprising the methanotrophic bacteria and one or more heterologous organisms.
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