Photosynthetic Microorganisms Achieve Long-Lasting and Renewable Chemical Production

Photosynthetic microorganisms achieve long-lasting and renewable chemical production

Photosynthetic microorganisms can use light energy to convert carbon dioxide into useful compounds under mild, environmentally compatible conditions. However, many current photosynthetic production systems rely on cells growing freely in large volumes of liquid. This creates a substantial demand for water and requires extensive mixing to keep the cells evenly distributed and exposed to light, increasing the resource and energy requirements of the process.

New Living Material Restricts Cyanobacterial Cell Division to Boost Ethylene Output

Finnish researchers have taken an important step toward long-lasting production of renewable chemicals and fuels using photosynthetic microorganisms.

Photosynthetic Microorganisms Enable Long-Lasting, Renewable Chemical

Finnish researchers have developed living nanocellulose films that can produce ethylene for more than four months, offering a possible new route to renewable chemicals and fuels made with sunlight and atmospheric carbon dioxide. In laboratory tests, the films containing engineered cyanobacteria generated approximately twice as much ethylene as comparable cultures in suspension. The work addresses one of the central challenges in photosynthetic b…

Researchers achieve long-lasting and renewable chemical production with photosynthetic microorganisms

Finnish researchers have taken an important step toward long-lasting production of renewable chemicals and fuels using photosynthetic microorganisms. By entrapping cyanobacteria engineered for ethylene production in thin nanocellulose films, the researchers enabled sustained ethylene production for more than four months and generated approximately twice as much ethylene as comparable suspension cultures.