Engineering Bacteria to Convert Methane into Poly Unsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFA)

在这个项目中，来自CHAIN和诺丁汉大学的研究人员旨在开发一种工艺技术，利用甲烷营养细菌将甲烷发酵为动物饲料中有价值的营养补充剂(脂肪)。甲烷是一种低成本和可持续的原料，可以通过水力压裂或各种可再生资源生产，包括在英国和欧洲流行的厌氧消化。利用专业的合成生物学工具，合作伙伴计划改造甲烷氧化菌发酵甲烷，以生产高产量的鱼油替代品。

In this project, researchers from CHAIN and the University of Nottingham aim to develop processtechnology that utilises methanotrophic bacteria to ferment methane into valuable nutritionalsupplements (lipids) for animal feed. Methane is a low cost and sustainable feedstock that can beproduced from fracking or from a variety of renewable sources, including anaerobic digestion which isprevalent in the UK and Europe. Using specialist synthetic biology tools, the partners plan to engineermethanotrophs to ferment methane to produce a fish oil replacement in high yield.