New publication in press by Kevin Pfeifer, Ipek Ergal, Martin Koller, Mirko Basen, Bernhard Schuster, and Simon Rittmann, pre-proof published in Biotechnology Advances:

"Archaea Biotechnology"

Highlights:

- Review of the current state and future potential of Archaea in Biotechnology.

- Introduction of microbial cell factory-specific Bio-Technology Readiness Levels.

- Archaeal PHA and CH4 productions at B-TRL 5 show potential for commercialization.

- Archaeal lipids, squalene and bacterioruberin are commercially available.

- Some archaeal bioproducts could replace fossil-based compounds and polymers.

Original paper:

biomolecules, DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2020.107668

Archaea Biotechnology

Kevin Pfeifer, Ipek Ergal, Martin Koller, Mirko Basen, Bernhard Schuster, Simon K.-M.R. Rittmann

Full article: Archaea biotechnology - ScienceDirect