Biosynthesis of methanol from methane by Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b
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Agata Markowska
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Beata Michalkiewicz
Abstract
Methanol has recently attracted significant interest in the energetic field. Current technology for the conversion of methane to methanol is based on energy intensive endothermic steam reforming followed by catalytic conversion into methanol. The one-step method performed at very low temperatures (35°C) is methane oxidation to methanol via bacteria. The aim of this work was to examine the role of copper in the one-step methane oxidation to methanol by utilizing whole cells of Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b bacteria. From the results obtained it was found that copper concentration in the medium influences the rate of bacterial biomass growth or methanol production during the process of methane oxidation to methanol. The presented results indicate that the process of methane oxidation to methanol by Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b bacteria is most efficient when the mineral medium contains 1.0 × 10−6 mol dm−3 of copper. Under these conditions, a satisfactory growth of biomass was also achieved.
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- Biosynthesis of methanol from methane by Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b
- Influence of reaction medium composition on enzymatic synthesis of galactooligosaccharides and lactulose from lactose concentrates prepared from whey permeate
- Immobilization of modified penicillin G acylase on Sepabeads carriers
- Granulation of activated sludge in a laboratory upflow sludge blanket reactor
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- Lab-scale testing of a low-loaded activated sludge process with membrane filtration
- Calcium sulphate scaling in membrane distillation process
- Characterization and filtration performance of coating-modified polymeric membranes used in membrane bioreactors
- Informational analysis of the grinding process of granular material using a multi-ribbon blender
- Effects of vessel baffling on the drawdown of floating solids
- N2O catalytic decomposition — effect of pelleting pressure on activity of Co-Mn-Al mixed oxide catalysts
- Intelligent control of a pH process
- Influence of suspended solid particles on gas-liquid mass transfer coefficient in a system stirred by double impellers
- A three-phase nonequilibrium model for catalytic distillation
- Membrane processes used for separation of effluents from wire productions
- A simple and efficient synthesis of 3-substituted derivatives of pentane-2,4-dione
- Formation of hydrated titanium dioxide from seeded titanyl sulphate solution
- Pyrolytic and catalytic conversion of rape oil into aromatic and aliphatic fractions in a fixed bed reactor on Al2O3 and Al2O3/B2O3 catalysts
- Oxidation of thiophene over copper-manganese mixed oxides
- Study of partitioning and dynamics of metals in contaminated soil using modified four-step BCR sequential extraction procedure
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