Efficient ammonia production from food by-products by engineered Escherichia coli.

ABSTRACT: Ammonia is used as a fertilizer for agriculture, chemical raw material, and carrier for transporting hydrogen, and with economic development, the demand for ammonia has increased. The Haber-Bosch process, which is the main method for producing ammonia, can produce ammonia with high efficiency. However, since it consumes a large amount of fossil energy, it is necessary to develop an alternative method for producing ammonia with less environmental impact. Ammonia production from food by-products is an appealing production process owing to unused resource usage, including waste, and mild reaction conditions. However, when food by-products and biomass are used as feedstocks, impurities often reduce productivity. Using metabolic profiling, glucose was identified as a potential inhibitor of ammo

SUBMITTER: Tatemichi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7434829 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature