Synthetic phenazines for enhanced biogas production from renewable and non-renewable resources.

甲烷（沼气）在满足全球人类的能源需求，同时减少温室气体排放方面发挥着重要作用。微生物群落负责从不可再生资源（煤）和可再生资源（食物垃圾）中产生沼气。该项目旨在：通过使用电化学活性的苯那嗪将电子流转向产生沼气的微生物，从而增加沼气产量；了解苯那嗪提高沼气产量的分子机制；评价了苯那嗪在煤层气生产和食物垃圾厌氧消化中的应用对环境的影响。非那嗪很可能成为一种安全、成本效益高的改进沼气产生技术。

Methane (biogas) has a large role to play in meeting the energy needs of the human race globally whilst reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Microbial communities are responsible for biogas production from non-renewable (coal) and renewable (food waste) resources. This project seeks to: increase biogas yields by redirecting electron flow towards biogas producing microbes using electrochemically active phenazines; understand the molecular mechanism by which phenazines increase biogas yields; and, assess the environmental consequence of phenazine application to coal seam gas production and anaerobic digestion of food waste. Phenazines are likely to emerge as a safe and cost-effective technology for improved biogas generation.