Synthetic biology of methane oxidising bacteria for the production of high-quality feed protein
用于生产优质饲料蛋白的甲烷氧化菌的合成生物学
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- 批准号:2748055
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- 依托单位国家:英国
- 项目类别:Studentship
- 财政年份:2022
- 资助国家:英国
- 起止时间:2022 至 无数据
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项目摘要
BACKGROUND: Healthy poultry require high quality sources of protein and carbohydrates. Modern feeds for poultry consists largely of grain and protein sources such as soybean, which can be in direct competition with human food consumption. Countries like Canada and US have recently been active in producing high protein insects for animal feeds (Enterra Feed Corporation), and received national regulatory approval for use in broiler feed and pet food, the first ingredient of its kind to do so. Similarly, the EU recently (August 2021) approved the use of processed insect protein in poultry and pig feed. To meet poultry feed market demand in a way that tackles both environmental and economic concerns, we propose a novel route to poultry feed using methane (CH4) fixing bacteria, methanotrophs. These bacteria have a proven commercial track record for single cell protein production (for fish feed), as well as naturally producing lipids. Methanotrophs also utilize methane as the sole source of carbon and energy, providing significant advantages in both process economics and sustainability. Methane (CH4) is an abundant and cheap carbon resource, but is currently under-utilised as a feedstock for industrial biotechnology and is more associated as a greenhouse gas (GHG) pollutant. Methane is also a major component of biogas produced on a large scale by anaerobic digestion, technology that is well established in the UK. Today, most biogenic methane is burnt for energy and has relatively little value. Being a low-cost and sustainable feedstock, given the many sources available and current wastage and associated GHG ramifications, methane provides an exciting feedstock opportunity for fermentation and conversion into high value biochemical metabolites (lipids, proteins and feeds). As the world-leading methane-based protein producer, Calysta has demonstrated the use of methanotrophs in the commercial-scale production of nutritional ingredients and feed from methane. Methylococcus capsulatus is their process organism, which has already been approved in the EU for feeding to farmed fish and livestock such as pigs. Methane fermentations on a large scale would reduce the demand for land to grow food for livestock. However, more research is needed on methanotroph-based poultry feed and the workhorse of the process, methane-fixing bacteria. AIM: In this project, we will explore the suitability of methane-fixing bacteria in the form of single cell protein as a potential high quality protein source in chicken feed. STRATEGY: Our group recently established an arsenal of genetic tools in M. capsulatus, including CRISPR/Cas9, CRISPRi, Tn5 transposon, which will allow us to investigate and enhance the methane fixation rate in M. capsulatus and manipulate the biomass composition of bacteria to enhance their functionality as an ingredient of chicken feed.The main project tasks will be: (i) identify Tn5 transposon mutants with modified biomass composition and/or growth profile, investigate the gene and/or pathway involved in the modification using our newly developed CRISPR technology; (ii) characterize chosen mutants for its performance in lab scale gas fermentation bioreactors, using the wildtype and a glycogen minus M. capsulatus strains as benchmarks; (iii) investigate the inactive Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle in M. capsulatus using a combined approach of system and synthetic biology; (v) carry out a small scale feed test on broiler chickens using feed made from a chosen improved M. capsulatus, to determine its potential as an alternative and novel source of protein in chicken feed formulation. OUTCOME: Working with one of the world's leading C1 companies, the student will develop and demonstrate the potential of M. capsulatus as whole cell protein feed from low cost methane gas. This will allow avoidance of competition with food and land resources while providing benefits to the environment and society through reduction in GHG emiss
背景:健康的家禽需要高质量的蛋白质和碳水化合物来源。现代家禽饲料主要由谷物和蛋白质来源(如大豆)组成,这可能与人类的食物消费直接竞争。加拿大和美国等国家最近积极生产用于动物饲料的高蛋白昆虫(Enterra饲料公司),并获得国家监管机构批准用于肉鸡饲料和宠物食品,这是同类产品中的第一种成分。同样,欧盟最近(2021年8月)批准在家禽和猪饲料中使用加工昆虫蛋白。为了满足家禽饲料市场的需求,解决环境和经济问题的方式,我们提出了一种新的途径,家禽饲料使用甲烷(CH 4)固定细菌,甲烷氧化菌。这些细菌在单细胞蛋白质生产(用于鱼饲料)以及天然生产脂质方面有着良好的商业记录。甲烷氧化菌还利用甲烷作为碳和能量的唯一来源,在工艺经济性和可持续性方面提供显著优势。甲烷(CH 4)是一种丰富且廉价的碳资源,但目前作为工业生物技术的原料利用不足,并且更相关地作为温室气体(GHG)污染物。甲烷也是通过厌氧消化大规模生产的沼气的主要成分,这项技术在英国已经很成熟。今天,大多数生物甲烷被燃烧作为能源,价值相对较小。作为一种低成本和可持续的原料,考虑到许多可用的来源和当前的浪费以及相关的GHG后果,甲烷为发酵和转化为高价值的生化代谢物(脂质、蛋白质和饲料)提供了令人兴奋的原料机会。作为世界领先的甲烷基蛋白生产商,Calysta已经展示了甲烷氧化菌在商业规模生产甲烷营养成分和饲料中的应用。荚膜甲基球菌是他们的工艺生物,已经在欧盟被批准用于饲养养殖鱼类和牲畜,如猪。大规模的甲烷发酵将减少对土地的需求,为牲畜种植粮食。然而,还需要对基于甲烷氧化菌的家禽饲料和该过程的主力--甲烷固定细菌进行更多的研究。目的:在本项目中,我们将探索甲烷固定细菌以单细胞蛋白的形式作为鸡饲料中潜在的优质蛋白源的适用性。策略:我们的团队最近在M.本研究旨在通过构建CRISPR/Cas9、CRISPRi、Tn 5转座子等转座子,研究并提高荚膜梭菌甲烷固定率。本项目的主要工作包括:(i)利用我们新开发的CRISPR技术,鉴定生物量组成和/或生长特性发生改变的Tn 5转座子突变体,研究涉及改变的基因和/或途径;(ii)使用野生型和糖原减M来表征所选突变体在实验室规模气体发酵生物反应器中的性能。capsulatus菌株作为基准;(iii)研究M.利用系统生物学和合成生物学相结合的方法,研究了产孢荚膜梭菌(M. capsulatus)的生物学特性;(v)用所选改良M. capsulatus制成的饲料对肉鸡进行小规模饲养试验。capsulatus,以确定其作为鸡饲料配方中蛋白质的替代和新来源的潜力。结果:与世界领先的C1公司之一,学生将开发和展示M的潜力。capsulatus作为全细胞蛋白质饲料从低成本的甲烷气体。这将避免与粮食和土地资源的竞争,同时通过减少温室气体排放为环境和社会带来好处。
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Hitoshi Yoshiji 等人:“血管医学与科学系列分子医学图解”Yodosha(涉谷正志编辑)125(2000)。
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