Direct capture and conversion of CO2 from air by growing a cyanobacterial consortium at pH up to 11.2.
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SUBMITTER: Ataeian M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6593468 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
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Direct capture and conversion of CO<sub>2</sub> from air by growing a cyanobacterial consortium at pH up to 11.2.
Ataeian Maryam M Liu Yihua Y Canon-Rubio Karen Andrea KA Nightingale Michael M Strous Marc M Vadlamani Agasteswar A
Biotechnology and bioengineering 20190408 7
Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) is recognized as a potential negative emission technology, needed to keep global warming within safe limits. With current technologies, large-scale implementation of BECCS would compromise food production. Bioenergy derived from phototrophic microorganisms, with direct capture of CO<sub>2</sub> from air, could overcome this challenge and become a sustainable way to realize BECCS. Here we present an alkaline capture and conversion system that comb ...[more]
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