Biogenic propane production by a marine Photobacterium strain isolated from the Western English Channel
Propane is a major component of liquefied petroleum gas, a major energy source for off-grid communities and industry. The replacement of fossil fuel-derived propane with more sustainably derived propane is of industrial interest. One potential production route is through microbial fermentation. Here...
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| author | Felicity Currie Matthew S. Twigg Nicholas Huddleson Keith E. Simons Roger Marchant Ibrahim M. Banat |
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| description | Propane is a major component of liquefied petroleum gas, a major energy source for off-grid communities and industry. The replacement of fossil fuel-derived propane with more sustainably derived propane is of industrial interest. One potential production route is through microbial fermentation. Here we report, for the first time, the isolation of a marine bacterium from sediment capable of natural propane biosynthesis. Propane production, both in mixed microbial cultures generated from marine sediment and in bacterial monocultures was detected and quantified by gas chromatography–flame ionization detection. Using DNA sequencing of multiple reference genes, the bacterium was shown to belong to the genus Photobacterium. We postulate that propane biosynthesis is achieved through inorganic carbonate assimilation systems. The discovery of this strain may facilitate synthetic biology routes for industrial scale production of propane via microbial fermentation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-10ff258b5fc14812a48b6438e16d9b5e2022-12-22T04:08:19ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Microbiology1664-302X2022-10-011310.3389/fmicb.2022.10002471000247Biogenic propane production by a marine Photobacterium strain isolated from the Western English ChannelFelicity Currie0Matthew S. Twigg1Nicholas Huddleson2Keith E. Simons3Roger Marchant4Ibrahim M. Banat5School of Biomedical Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine, United KingdomSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine, United KingdomSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine, United KingdomSHV Energy, Hoofddorp, NetherlandsSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine, United KingdomSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine, United KingdomPropane is a major component of liquefied petroleum gas, a major energy source for off-grid communities and industry. The replacement of fossil fuel-derived propane with more sustainably derived propane is of industrial interest. One potential production route is through microbial fermentation. Here we report, for the first time, the isolation of a marine bacterium from sediment capable of natural propane biosynthesis. Propane production, both in mixed microbial cultures generated from marine sediment and in bacterial monocultures was detected and quantified by gas chromatography–flame ionization detection. Using DNA sequencing of multiple reference genes, the bacterium was shown to belong to the genus Photobacterium. We postulate that propane biosynthesis is achieved through inorganic carbonate assimilation systems. The discovery of this strain may facilitate synthetic biology routes for industrial scale production of propane via microbial fermentation.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1000247/fullpropanebiogasmicrobialmarine bacteriaPhotobacterium |
| spellingShingle | Felicity Currie Matthew S. Twigg Nicholas Huddleson Keith E. Simons Roger Marchant Ibrahim M. Banat Biogenic propane production by a marine Photobacterium strain isolated from the Western English Channel Frontiers in Microbiology propane biogas microbial marine bacteria Photobacterium |
| title | Biogenic propane production by a marine Photobacterium strain isolated from the Western English Channel |
| title_full | Biogenic propane production by a marine Photobacterium strain isolated from the Western English Channel |
| title_fullStr | Biogenic propane production by a marine Photobacterium strain isolated from the Western English Channel |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biogenic propane production by a marine Photobacterium strain isolated from the Western English Channel |
| title_short | Biogenic propane production by a marine Photobacterium strain isolated from the Western English Channel |
| title_sort | biogenic propane production by a marine photobacterium strain isolated from the western english channel |
| topic | propane biogas microbial marine bacteria Photobacterium |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1000247/full |
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