Photosynthetic biohybrid coculture for tandem and tunable CO(2) and N(2) fixation.
Photosynthetic biohybrid coculture for tandem and tunable CO(2) and N(2) fixation.
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10.1073/pnas.2122364119
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2022-06-28
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11.1
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Combining (photo)electrochemical platforms with CO2 -fixing bacteria as “living” biocatalysts has realized the highly selective reduction of CO2 to C2+ products, such as acetate. This approach also enables the downstream conversion of the initial CO2 product to a higher-value one. We report an advance on this concept by coculturing primary CO2-fixing bacteria producing acetate with secondary N2-fixing bacteria that employ the acetate to reduce N2 to NH3 and to generate a bioplastic. The symbiotic coculture can be controlled electrochemically and modularly tuned to generate a desired product stream. We foresee that this platform could be expanded to produce several additional products, including bioplastics, biofuels, and sugars, from only CO2, N2, H2O, and electricity. Solar-driven bioelectrosynthesis represents a promising approach for converting abundant resources into value-added chemicals with renewable energy. Microorganisms powered by electrochemical reducing equivalents assimilate CO2, H2O, and N2 building blocks. However, products from autotrophic whole-cell biocatalysts are limited. Furthermore, biocatalysts tasked with N2 reduction are constrained by simultaneous energy-intensive autotrophy. To overcome these challenges, we designed a biohybrid coculture for tandem and tunable CO2 and N2 fixation to value-added products, allowing the different species to distribute bioconversion steps and reduce the individual metabolic burden. This consortium involves acetogen Sporomusa ovata, which reduces CO2 to acetate, and diazotrophic Rhodopseudomonas palustris, which uses the acetate both to fuel N2 fixation and for the generation of a biopolyester. We demonstrate that the coculture platform provides a robust ecosystem for continuous CO2 and N2 fixation, and its outputs are directed by substrate gas composition. Moreover, we show the ability to support the coculture on a high–surface area silicon nanowire cathodic platform. The biohybrid coculture achieved peak faradaic efficiencies of 100, 19.1, and 6.3% for acetate, nitrogen in biomass, and ammonia, respectively, while maintaining product tunability. Finally, we established full solar to chemical conversion driven by a photovoltaic device, resulting in solar to chemical efficiencies of 1.78, 0.51, and 0.08% for acetate, nitrogenous biomass, and ammonia, correspondingly. Ultimately, our work demonstrates the ability to employ and electrochemically manipulate bacterial communities on demand to expand the suite of CO2 and N2 bioelectrosynthesis products.
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