Production of tailored PHA copolymers from natural gas
    5.
    发明申请
    Production of tailored PHA copolymers from natural gas 审中-公开
    从天然气生产定制的PHA共聚物

    公开(公告)号:US20160068875A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-03-10

    申请号:US14836510

    申请日:2015-08-26

    IPC分类号: C12P7/62

    CPC分类号: C12P7/625 Y02E50/343

    摘要: A method of producing polyhydroxyalkanoic acid (PHA)-producing biomass is provided that includes obtaining a methane-oxidizing inoculum, flushing the methane-oxidizing inoculum with natural gas and oxygen, amending the flushed methane-oxidizing inoculum with a fresh growth medium, using a non-aseptic bioreactor for growing a PHA-producing biomass, where the non-aseptic bioreactor is seeded with the amended methane-oxidizing inoculum, where a natural gas and oxygen mixture is added to the non-aseptic bioreactor, where a growth medium comprising ammonium and nutrients required for exponential growth is added to the non-aseptic bioreactor, harvesting a portion of the methane-oxidizing biomass and incubating the harvested portion in the absence of nitrogen and with the natural gas and oxygen mixture, where a PHA-enriched biomass is produced, purifying PHA from the PHA-enriched biomass, and adding the fresh growth medium and the natural gas and oxygen mixture to the bioreactor to re-grow the methane-oxidizing inoculum.

    摘要翻译: 提供了生产聚羟基链烷酸(PHA)生物质的方法,其包括获得甲烷氧化接种物,用天然气和氧气冲洗甲烷氧化接种物,用新鲜生长培养基修饰冲洗的甲烷氧化接种物,使用 用于生长生产PHA的生物质的非无菌生物反应器,其中非无菌生物反应器用经修改的甲烷氧化接种物接种,其中将天然气和氧气混合物加入到非无菌生物反应器中,其中含有铵的生长培养基 将指数生长所需的营养物加入到非无菌生物反应器中,收获一部分甲烷氧化生物质并在不存在氮气的情况下将收获的部分和天然气和氧气混合物孵化,其中富含PHA的生物质为 从富含PHA的生物质中纯化PHA,并将新鲜生长培养基和天然气和氧气混合物加入到生物反应器中再生长 甲烷氧化接种物。

    Production of tailored PHA copolymers with methane and added co-substrates
    6.
    发明申请
    Production of tailored PHA copolymers with methane and added co-substrates 审中-公开
    生产定制的PHA共聚物与甲烷和添加共同底物

    公开(公告)号:US20160068803A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-03-10

    申请号:US14825473

    申请日:2015-08-13

    IPC分类号: C12N1/20

    CPC分类号: C12N1/20 C12P7/625

    摘要: A method of producing polyhydroxyalkanoic acid (PHA)-producing biomass that includes using a first bioreactor for growth of methanotrophic biomass, flushing the methanotrophic biomass with a CH4:O2 mixture and providing nutrients needed for sustained cell division, removing a portion of the flushed biomass, where the remainder is retained in the first bioreactor as starter biomass for continuous cycles of cell replication, transferring the removed biomass to a second bioreactor, incubating the removed biomass in the second bioreactor with a CH4:O2 mixture or CH3OH:O2 mixture in the absence of sufficient nutrients for cell replication and in the presence of a co-substrate, and harvesting PHA-containing cells from the second bioreactor.

    摘要翻译: 一种生产聚羟基链烷酸(PHA)生物质的方法,其包括使用第一生物反应器生长甲烷营养生物质,用CH 4:O 2混合物冲洗甲烷营养生物质并提供持续细胞分裂所需的营养物质,除去一部分冲洗的生物质 其中剩余部分保留在第一生物反应器中作为用于连续循环细胞复制的起始生物质,将去除的生物质转移到第二生物反应器,将第二生物反应器中除去的生物质与CH 4 :O 2混合物或CH 3 OH:O 2混合物在 没有足够的营养物用于细胞复制和存在共底物,并从第二生物反应器收获含PHA的细胞。

    Intermittent application of reduced nitrogen sources for selection of PHB producing methanotrophs
    8.
    发明申请
    Intermittent application of reduced nitrogen sources for selection of PHB producing methanotrophs 审中-公开
    间歇地应用还原氮源来选择产生PHB的甲烷营养生物

    公开(公告)号:US20150159185A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-06-11

    申请号:US14404527

    申请日:2013-05-29

    IPC分类号: C12P7/62

    CPC分类号: C12P7/625 C12N1/20 C12N1/38

    摘要: A method of selection of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) producing Type II methanotrophs is provided that includes enriching PHB-producing methanotrophic strains, using a bioreactor, where ammonium includes a nitrogen source, where growth of the enriched PHB cells on ammonium selects for a PHB-producing methanotrophic strains by inhibiting survival of Type I organism growth, growing the enriched PHB-producing strains, using the bioreactor, on nitrate or urea to promote rapid and more dense growth of the enriched PHB-producing strains, where production of the PHB occurs when nitrogen is exhausted, and cycling between the enriching PHB-producing methanotrophic strains and growing the enriched PHB-producing strains, using the bioreactor, where a mixed culture of the PHB-producing strains are maintained without reducing growth rates of the methanotrophic strains or PHB production rates in the bioreactor.

    摘要翻译: 提供了选择产生II型甲烷嗜甲基菌的多羟基丁酸酯(PHB)的方法,其包括使用生物反应器富集产生PHB的甲烷营养菌株,其中铵包括氮源,其中在铵上富集的PHB细胞的生长选择用于生产PHB 通过抑制I型生物体生长的存活,使用生物反应器,在硝酸盐或尿素上生长富含PHB的菌株,以促进富集的PHB生产菌株的快速和更致密的生长,其中当氮气产生时,PHB的产生发生在甲烷营养菌株 并且使用生物反应器在富集的产生PHB的甲烷营养菌株之间循环并培养富含PHB的菌株,其中保持产生PHB的菌株的混合培养而不降低甲烷营养菌株的生长速率或PHB产生率 在生物反应器中。

    Magnetically Separable Synthetic Nanoparticles for Water Treatment
    9.
    发明申请
    Magnetically Separable Synthetic Nanoparticles for Water Treatment 审中-公开
    用于水处理的可分离的合成纳米颗粒

    公开(公告)号:US20140076819A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-03-20

    申请号:US14032033

    申请日:2013-09-19

    IPC分类号: C02F1/48 C02F1/74 C02F1/32

    摘要: New multifunctional synthetic nanoparticles are adapted for water treatment, with environmentally-functional layers, optional capping layers, and synthetic antiferromagnetic cores. With high surface-to-volume ratio, these nanoparticles are very efficient in water treatment, including but not restricted to water disinfection, photo-catalytic degradation, contaminant adsorption, etc., in the context of drinking water or waste water treatment. Meanwhile, their magnetic cores are highly magnetically responsive and can be separated by 99% within 10 min using simply a permanent magnet. Moreover, once some non-degradable chemicals (like perfluorinated compounds) are absorbed to the particle surface, these chemicals can be further degraded by introducing hyperthermia or eddy current heating. These particles can be redispersed after the external magnetic field is removed, and can therefore be used in a regenerative treatment process, substantially reducing the cost while eliminating contaminated byproducts.

    摘要翻译: 新的多功能合成纳米颗粒适用于水处理,具有环境功能层,可选的封盖层和合成的反铁磁芯。 具有高的表面体积比,这些纳米颗粒在水处理中是非常有效的,包括但不限于在饮用水或废水处理的情况下的水消毒,光催化降解,污染物吸附等。 同时,它们的磁芯具有高度的磁响应能力,可以在10分钟内使用简单的永久磁铁分离99%。 此外,一旦将一些不可降解的化学物质(如全氟化合物)吸收到颗粒表面,则通过引入热疗或涡流加热可以进一步降解这些化学物质。 这些颗粒在除去外部磁场后可以再分散,因此可以用于再生处理过程中,大大降低成本,同时消除被污染的副产物。