Engineering Bacteria to Convert Methane into Poly Unsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFA)
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Engineering Bacteria to Convert Methane into Poly Unsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFA)
CoPED ID
d6f5e0b8-2f8a-4ae5-9671-329f3c79492a
Status
Closed
Funders
Value
£175,722
Start Date
March 31, 2016
End Date
March 30, 2017
Description
In this project, researchers from CHAIN and the University of Nottingham aim to develop process
technology that utilises methanotrophic bacteria to ferment methane into valuable nutritional
supplements (lipids) for animal feed. Methane is a low cost and sustainable feedstock that can be
produced from fracking or from a variety of renewable sources, including anaerobic digestion which is
prevalent in the UK and Europe. Using specialist synthetic biology tools, the partners plan to engineer
methanotrophs to ferment methane to produce a fish oil replacement in high yield.
| Chain Biotechnology Limited | LEAD_ORG |
| University of Nottingham | PARTICIPANT_ORG |
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Subjects by relevance
- Methane
- Bacteria
- Feeding
- Biogas
- Biotechnology
Extracted key phrases
- Poly Unsaturated Fatty Acids
- Engineering Bacteria
- Specialist synthetic biology tool
- Methane
- Valuable nutritional
- PUFA
- Methanotrophic bacteria
- Animal feed
- Fish oil replacement
- Low cost
- Sustainable feedstock
- Anaerobic digestion