Eight Up-Coming Biotech Tools to Combat Climate Crisis

Autor(en)

Werner Fuchs, Lydia Rachbauer, Simon K-M R Rittmann, Günther Bochmann, Doris Ribitsch, Franziska Steger

Abstrakt

Biotechnology has a high potential to substantially contribute to a low-carbon society. Several green processes are already well established, utilizing the unique capacity of living cells or their instruments. Beyond that, the authors believe that there are new biotechnological procedures in the pipeline which have the momentum to add to this ongoing change in our economy. Eight promising biotechnology tools were selected by the authors as potentially impactful game changers: (i) the Wood–Ljungdahl pathway, (ii) carbonic anhydrase, (iii) cutinase, (iv) methanogens, (v) electro-microbiology, (vi) hydrogenase, (vii) cellulosome and, (viii) nitrogenase. Some of them are fairly new and are explored predominantly in science labs. Others have been around for decades, however, with new scientific groundwork that may rigorously expand their roles. In the current paper, the authors summarize the latest state of research on these eight selected tools and the status of their practical implementation. We bring forward our arguments on why we consider these processes real game changers.

Organisation(en)

Department für Funktionelle und Evolutionäre Ökologie

Externe Organisation(en)

Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), acib – Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology

Journal

Microorganisms

Band

11

ISSN

2076-2607

DOI

https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11061514

Publikationsdatum

06-2023

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

208003 Umweltbiotechnologie

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Microbiology (medical), Virology, Microbiology

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 7 – Bezahlbare und saubere Energie, SDG 13 – Maßnahmen zum Klimaschutz

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/eight-upcoming-biotech-tools-to-combat-climate-crisis(5843c63b-2d2e-44c3-81d1-84e1bcba4294).html