UTILISATION OF METHANOTROPHS FOR CONVERSION OF METHANE TO BIOPRODUCTS (KEY IJP************920)

• Khushboo Pradhan

Abstract

By using methane as the sole carbon source, methanotrophic bacteria can produce bioplastics, biofuels, feed additives, ectoines, and a variety of other high-value compounds. A lot of strains, including the co-cultured ones along with engineered strains have shown potential benefits to the production of bioproducts. It will be a breakthrough in research if these processes can be commercialized. Despite certain limitations to known production strategies that make commercialization of methane-based products difficult, a lot of attention is currently focused on promising advances. Keywords: Methanotrophs, Bioproducts, Methane, Microbial protein