USE OF OXYHYDROGEN MICROORGANISMS FOR NON-PHOTOSYNTHETIC CARBON CAPTURE AND CONVERSION OF INORGANIC AND/OR C1 CARBON SOURCES INTO USEFUL ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

摘要

COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR A HYBRID BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL PROCESS THAT CAPTURES AND CONVERTS CARBON DIOXIDE AND/OR OTHER FORMS OF INORGANIC CARBON AND/OR C1 CARBON SOURCES INCLUDING T NOT LIMITED TO CARBON MONOXIDE, METHANE, METHANOL, FOR MATE, OR FORMIC ACID, AND/OR MIXTURES CONTAINING C1 CHEMICALS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO VARIOUS SYNGAS COMPOSITIONS, INTO ORGANIC CHEMICALS INCLUDING BIO FUELS OR OTHER VALUABLE BIOMASS, CHEMICAL, INDUSTRIAL, OR PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS ARE PROVIDED. THE PRESENT INVENTION, IN IN EMBODIMENTS, FIXES INORGANIC CARBON OR C1 CARBON SOURCES INTO LONGER CARBON CHAIN ORGANIC CHEMICALS BY UTILIZING MICROORGANISMS CAPABLE OF PERFORMING THE OXYHYDROGEN REACTION AND THE AUTOTROPHIC FIXATION OF CO2 IN ONE OR MORE STEPS OF THE PROCESS. (FIG. 2)