Using the tools of synthetic biology, a bio-engineered bacterium has been developed to convert carbon dioxide from air, along with the hydrogen from solar water splitting, into biomass and liquid fuels. This talk will focus on recent advances to produce C8+ fuels. We have expanded our approach to also convert nitrogen from air to produce ammonia and solid nitrogen biomass. This renewable living biofertilizer increases crop yields by over 300%. The latest results from field crop studies will be presented. Together, these inventions accomplish the sustainable cycling of the biogenic elements of carbon and nitrogen for fuels (carbon neutral) and food (carbon negative) production.

Sustainable and renewable carbon and nitrogen cycles for fuel and crop production

2019 Fall National Meeting

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