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- * Bioconverting methane into valuable microbial products (like biofuels, proteins, and bioplastics) presents an eco-friendly way to manage methane emissions.
- * Recent studies in bioreactors show promising outcomes for methane bio-refineries, highlighting the potential of biotechnology in addressing environmental challenges.
Article Abstract
Methane, with a global warming potential twenty five times higher than that of CO is the second most important greenhouse gas emitted nowadays. Its bioconversion into microbial molecules with a high retail value in the industry offers a potential cost-efficient and environmentally friendly solution for mitigating anthropogenic diluted CH-laden streams. Methane bio-refinery for the production of different compounds such as ectoine, feed proteins, biofuels, bioplastics and polysaccharides, apart from new bioproducts characteristic of methanotrophic bacteria, has been recently tested in discontinuous and continuous bioreactors with promising results. This review constitutes a critical discussion about the state-of-the-art of the potential and research niches of biotechnologies applied in a CH biorefinery approach.
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