Archaeal CO2 fixation pathways

CO₂-utilizing bioprocesses shall play an important role in the emerging bio-economy of the 21^st century. CO₂ is the feedstock of choice for establishing industrial bioprocesses using aerobic or anaerobic microorganisms, as CO₂ acts as a potent greenhouse gas that should in bulk not be emitted to the atmosphere. Archaea are capable of fixing CO₂ by means through highly energy efficient pathways. Thus, autotrophic archaea will be used to examine and establish biotechnological production processes.

Duration 01.0.2024-31.12.2027

Funding agency: Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (acib GmbH)

Project number: #95101

Project leader: Dr. Simon Rittmann, Privatdoz., Archaea Physiology & Biotechnology Group, Universität Wien

This project is part of the FFG COMET: #906853 project 'Carbon utilization for bioproduction'.

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