Methane bioconversion to liquid chemicals

该项目旨在开发一套先进的生物技术解决方案，以实现从沼气生产液体化学品的成本效益。与目前用于发电的沼气相比，这将显著提高沼气的价值，从而为利用有机废物生产沼气创造更强大的经济驱动力。该项目采用多学科方法，将大大促进甲烷厌氧微生物转化这一全球碳循环中最鲜为人知的过程这一令人兴奋且极具价值的领域的基础科学研究。这项变革性的研究具有很强的潜力，可以创建一个从甲烷中生产高价值化学品的新生物技术部门，并将推动澳大利亚走在可持续资源研究的前沿。

This project aims to develop a suite of leading-edge biotechnology solutions to enable the cost-effective production of liquid chemicals from biogas. This will create a much stronger economic driver for biogas production from organic wastes, by significantly increasing the value of biogas compared to its current use for power generation. With a multi-disciplinary approach, the project will substantially advance the fundamental science in the exciting and highly valuable area of anaerobic microbial conversion of methane, the least understood process in the global carbon cycle. This transformational research has a strong potential to create a new biotechnology sector producing high-value chemicals from methane, and will propel Australia to the forefront of sustainable resources research.