Methanol production by polymer-encapsulated methanotrophs from simulated biogas in the presence of methane vector.

Bioresour Technol

Department of Chemical Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea. Electronic address:

Published: May 2020

Type I (Methylomicrobium album) and II (Methyloferula stellata) methanotrophs were encapsulated by alginate and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) to improve methanol production from simulated biogas [methane (CH) and carbon dioxide (CO)] in the presence of CH vector. Polymeric matrix alginate (2%) and PVA (10%) were found to be optimum for the immobilization of both the methanotrophs, with a relative efficiency of methanol production up to 80.6 and 88.7%, respectively. The stability of methanol production by immobilized cells was improved up to 13.2-fold under repeated batch-culture over free cells. The addition of CH vectors showed 1.7-fold higher methanol production on using simulated biogas than in the control. The maximum methanol production of 7.46 and 7.14 mmol/L was noted for PVA-encapsulated M. album and M. stellata, respectively. This study successfully established the beneficial effects of CH vectors on methanol production by methanotrophs from greenhouse gases that can be applied for real biogas feedstock.

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