Editors:
- Highlights most recent developments in methane biocatalysis
- Presents metabolic engineering strategies in methanotrophic bacteria
- Discusses pathbreaking approaches towards sustainable energy generation
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
This book provides in-depth insights into the most recent developments in different areas of microbial methane and methanol utilization, including novel fundamental discoveries in genomics and physiology, innovative strategies for metabolic engineering and new synthetic approaches for generation of feedstocks, chemicals and fuels from methane, and finally economics and the implementation of industrial biocatalysis using methane consuming bacteria.
Methane, as natural gas or biogas, penetrates every area of human activity, from households to large industries and is often promoted as the cleanest fuel. However, one should not forget that this bundle of energy, carbon, and hydrogen comes with an exceptionally large environmental footprint. To meet goals of long-term sustainability and human well-being, all areas of energy, chemicals, agriculture, waste-management industries must go beyond short-term economic considerations and target both large and small methane emissions. The search for new environment-friendly approaches for methane capture and valorization is an ongoing journey. While it is not yet apparent which innovation might represent the best solution, it is evident that methane biocatalysis is one of the most promising paths. Microbes are gatekeepers of fugitive methane in Nature. Methane-consuming microbes are typically small in number but exceptionally big in their impact on the natural carbon cycle. They control and often completely eliminate methane emission from a variety of biological and geothermal sources. The tremendous potential of these microbial systems, is only now being implemented in human-made systems.
The book addresses professors, researchers and graduate students from both academia and industry working in microbial biotechnology, molecular biology and chemical engineering.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, USA
Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya
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Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Xin-Hui Xing
About the editors
Prof. Xin-Hui XING received his B.S. from South China University of Technology in 1985, and Ph.D. from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1992. He had been Assistant Professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology from 1992 to 1998, and Associate Professor at Yokohama National University from 1998 to2001. He wasselected as a full professor by the 100-Telent Scholar Program of Tsinghua University in 2000 and joined department of Chemical Engineering since then. He was appointed as the director of Institute of Biochemical Engineering in 2002. Currently he is the vice chairman of Department of Chemical Engineering. His research field covers biochemical engineering, C1 biological and bioprocess engineering, enzyme engineering, evolution technology and instrumentation, environmental biotechnology and bioenergy. He has published more than 240 scientific papers, 16 book chapters, and 80 filed patents.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Methane Biocatalysis: Paving the Way to Sustainability
Editors: Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya, Xin-Hui Xing
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74866-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-74865-8Published: 05 July 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09092-0Published: 03 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-74866-5Published: 20 June 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 312
Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations, 44 illustrations in colour
Topics: Bacteriology, Applied Microbiology, Genetic Engineering