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Bioproduction from methanol

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The future of bioproduction lies in efficient C1 utilization. Methanol derived from CO2 can be fed to engineered bacteria that convert it into platform chemicals currently produced from fossil fuels. Now, recent results confirm we are getting closer.

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Fig. 1: Schematic view of methanol-based bioproduction.

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  1. Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität, Department of Biochemistry, Berlin, Germany

    Jan Lukas Krüsemann & Steffen N. Lindner

  2. Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany

    Jan Lukas Krüsemann & Steffen N. Lindner

  3. Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Synthetic Metabolism, Marburg, Germany

    Jan Lukas Krüsemann

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Krüsemann, J.L., Lindner, S.N. Bioproduction from methanol. Nat Catal 7, 472–474 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-024-01164-x

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