Bio-production toward non-GMO without CO2 emission

2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K22084
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Medium-sized Section 27:Chemical engineering and related fields
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: Kondo Akihiko 神戸大学, 科学技術イノベーション研究科, 教授 (40205547)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-06-28 – 2021-03-31
• Keywords: バイオリファイナリー / 代謝工学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Biorefinery is represented by the production of useful substances using microorganisms. It is a green innovation with many advantages, and the demand from society is very strong. However, even if biomass raw materials are used, it is completely meaningless if CO2 is re-emitted in the process of manufacturing by microorganisms. Therefore, in this study, we developed a substance production process using microorganisms that do not emit CO2 at all, using CO2 bypass recycling. An improvement in the production amount and yield of mevaloate as one of the target compounds was achieved.

Free Research Field

生物化学工学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

微生物を用いたバイオプロセスにおいて、二酸化炭素の排出を削減することで目的化合物の生産量と収率を大きく向上させる技術を開発した。これにより持続可能な低炭素社会の構築に貢献できる。