公开(公告)号：US20240254519A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-01

申请号：US18628352

申请日：2024-04-05

申请人： Lawrance Livermore National Security, LLC

发明人： Sarah Baker ,  Joshuah K. Stolaroff ,  Congwang Ye

IPC分类号： C12P7/04 ,  B01J31/00 ,  B01J31/06 ,  C12N11/04 ,  C12N11/082 ,  C12N11/084 ,  C12N11/087 ,  C12N11/089 ,  C12N11/096

CPC分类号： C12P7/04 ,  B01J31/003 ,  B01J31/06 ,  C12N11/04 ,  C12N11/082 ,  C12N11/084 ,  C12N11/087 ,  C12N11/089 ,  C12N11/096

摘要： In accordance with one embodiment, a mixture for forming polymer-encapsulated whole cells includes: at least one polymer precursor; at least one initiator; and a plurality of whole cells. In further embodiments, a product includes a structure comprising a plurality of whole cells encapsulated by a polymer network, where polymer(s) of the polymer network are cross-linked. The whole cells may include live whole cells, dried whole cells, and/or reconstituted whole cells, and have a characteristic to convert a chemical reactant to a product, where the chemical reactant is a gas (e.g., C1-C3 carbon gases such as methane, carbon dioxide, ethane, etc.) and the product is a liquid (e.g. methanol, etc.). For example, the whole cells may include organisms such as methanotrophic organisms and/or acetogenic anaerobes.