WO2013191567A1 - Recombinant microorganisms make biodiesel - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to recombinant microorganisms and methods for the production of biodiesel by microbial fermentation of a substrate comprising CO.
- Bacteria including carboxydotrophic acetogens Clostridium autoethanogenum or C. ljungdahlii produce fatty acids in biosynthesis of lipids and cell membranes.
- Fatty acids (FAs) and their derivatives are energy dense and therefore have potential as biofuels for use as a "drop-in” transportation/jet fuel and/or for the production of other industrial chemical compounds.
- fatty acid derivatives include biodiesel, free fatty acids, alkenes and alkanes.
- Biodiesel is a mono-alkyl ester and can be used alone in standard diesel engines, or can be blended with petrodiesel. It can also be used as a low carbon alternative to heating oil. In 2009, worldwide more than 3.5 billion gallons of biodiesel were used. Biodiesel is normally derived chemically from vegetable or animal fat by transesterification of lipids in the presence of alcohol to yield glycerine and a mono-alkyl ester.
- Biodiesel produced by this process can however lead to damage of diesel engines due to variations in the oils from various animal and vegtebale sources which are not very defined with a wide range of carbon chain length (Fukuda et al., 2001, Biosci Bioeng 92: 405-416).
- Critical points are dilution of motor oil, coking of piston rings, corrosion of hydraulic components, and depositions in the injection system, resulting from the production process and fuel aging, resulting in some automotive manufacturers to refuse the use of animal or vegetable derived biodiesel in some of their models (Kopke et al., 2011, The Past, Present, and Future of Biofuels - Biobutanol as Promising Alternative, In: dos Santos Bernades (Ed.) Biofuel Production-Recent Developments and Prospects, InTech, 451-486).
- the invention generally provides, inter alia, methods for the production of biodiesel by microbial fermentation of a substrate comprising CO, and recombinant microorganisms of use in such methods.
- the invention provides a carboxydotrophic acetogenic recombinant microorganism capable of producing biodiesel and optionally one or more other products by fermentation of a substrate comprising CO.
- the microorganism is adapted to express one or more exogenous enzymes in the biodiesel biosynthesis pathway not present in a parental microorganism from which the recombinant microorganism is derived (may be referred to herein as an exogenous enzyme).
- the microorganism is adapted to over-express one or more endogenous enzymes in the biodiesel synthesis pathway which are present in a parental microorganism from which the recombinant microorganism is derived (may be referred to herein as an endogenous enzyme).
- the recombinant microorganism is adapted to produce a greater amount of biodiesel than would be produced by a parental microorganism from which the recombinant microorganism is derived.
- the one or more enzyme that the microorganism is adapted to express or overexpress is an acyltransferase.
- the enzyme is an acyltransferase enzyme as defined in SEQ ID NO: 1
- the parental microorganism is capable of fermenting a substrate comprising CO to produce an alcohol but not of converting the alcohol to biodiesel and the recombinant microorganism is adapted to express one or more enzymes involved in the conversion of ethanol to biodiesel.
- the microorganism comprises one or more exogenous nucleic acids adapted to increase expression of one or more endogenous nucleic acids and which one or more endogenous nucleic acids encode one or more of the enzymes referred to herein before.
- the one or more exogenous nucleic acids adapted to increase expression is a regulatory element.
- the regulatory element is a promoter.
- the promoter is a constitutive promoter.
- the promoter is selected from the group comprising Wood-Ljungdahl gene cluster, a pyruvate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase promoter, an Rnf complex operon promoter, ATP synthase operon promoter and Phosphotransacetylase/Acetate kinase operon promoters.
- the acetogenic carboxydotrophic recombinant microorganism is further adapted to express one or more exogenous enzymes in the fatty acid biosynthesis pathway.
- the microorganism is adapted to over-express one or more endogenous enzymes in the fatty acid biosynthesis pathway.
- the microorganism comprises one or more exogenous nucleic acids encoding and adapted to express one or more of the enzymes referred to hereinbefore. In one embodiment, the microorganisms comprise one or more exogenous nucleic acids encoding and adapted to express at least two of the enzymes. In other embodiments, the microorganism comprises one or more exogenous nucleic acid encoding and adapted to express five or more of the enzymes.
- the one or more exogenous nucleic acid is a nucleic acid construct or vector, in one particular embodiment a plasmid, encoding one or more of the enzymes referred to hereinbefore in any combination.
- the exogenous nucleic acid is an expression plasmid.
- the parental microorganism is selected from the group of carboxydotrophic acetogenic bacteria comprising Clostridium autoethanogenum, Clostridium ljungdahlii, Clostridium ragsdalei, Clostridium carboxidivorans, Clostridium drakei, Clostridium scatologenes, Clostridium aceticum, Clostridium formicoaceticum, Clostridium magnum, Butyribacterium methylotrophicum, Acetobacterium woodii, Alkalibaculum bacchii, Blautia producta, Eubacterium limosum, Moorella thermoacetica, Moorella thermautotrophica, Sporomusa ovata, Sporomusa silvacetica, Sporomusa sphaeroides, Oxobacter pfennigii, and Therm
- the parental microorganism is Clostridium autoethanogenum or Clostridium ljungdahlii.
- the microorganism is Clostridium autoethanogenum DSM23693 a derivative of strain DSM10061.
- the microorganism is Clostridium ljungdahlii DSM13528 (or ATCC55383).
- the invention provides a nucleic acid encoding one or more enzymes which when expressed in a microorganism allows the microorganism to produce biodiesel by fermentation of a substrate comprising CO.
- the nucleic acid encodes two or more enzymes which when expressed in a microorganism allow the microorganism to produce biodiesel by fermentation of a substrate comprising CO.
- the nucleic acids of the invention encode five or more such enzymes.
- the enzymes are chosen from the group consisting of acyl transferase and a functionally equivalent variant thereof.
- the nucleic acid encoding acyl transferase is SEQ ID NO: 1 or is a functionally equivalent variant thereof.
- the nucleic acids of the invention further comprise a promoter.
- the promoter allows for constitutive expression of the genes under its control.
- a Wood-Ljungdahl cluster promoter is used.
- a pyruvate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase promoter, an Rnf complex operon promoter, ATP synthase operon promoter or a Phosphotransacetylase/Acetate kinase operon promoter is used.
- the promoter is from C. autoethanogenum.
- the invention provides a nucleic acid construct or vector comprising one or more nucleic acid of the second aspect.
- the nucleic acid construct or vector is an expression construct or vector.
- the expression construct or vector is a plasmid.
- the invention provides a host organism comprising any one or more of the nucleic acids of the second aspect or vectors or constructs of the third aspect.
- the invention provides a composition comprising an expression construct or vector as referred to in the third aspect of the invention and a methylation construct or vector.
- the composition is able to produce a recombinant microorganism according to the first aspect of the invention.
- the expression construct/vector and/or the methylation construct/vector is a plasmid.
- the invention provides a method for the production of biodiesel and optionally one or more other products by microbial fermentation comprising fermenting a substrate comprising CO using a recombinant microorganism of the first aspect of the invention.
- the method comprises the steps of: a. providing a substrate comprising CO to a bioreactor containing a culture of one or more microorganisms of the first aspect of the invention; and
- the method comprises the steps of: a. capturing CO-containing gas produced as a result of an industrial process
- the fermentation occurs in an aqueous culture medium.
- the fermentation of the substrate takes place in a bioreactor.
- the substrate comprising CO is a gaseous substrate comprising CO.
- the substrate comprises an industrial waste gas.
- the gas is steel mill waste gas or syngas.
- the substrate will typically contain a major proportion of CO, such as at least about 20% to about 100% CO by volume, from 20% to 70% CO by volume, from 30% to 60% CO by volume, and from 40% to 55% CO by volume.
- the substrate comprises about 25%, or about 30%, or about 35%, or about 40%, or about 45%, or about 50% CO, or about 55% CO, or about 60% CO by volume.
- the methods further comprise the step of recovering the biodiesel and optionally one or more other products from the fermentation broth.
- the invention provides biodiesel when produced by the method of the sixth aspect.
- the invention provides a method for the production of a microorganism of the first aspect of the invention comprising transforming a carboxydotrophic acetogenic parental microorganism by introduction of one or more nucleic acids such that the microorganism is capable of producing biodiesel, or producing an increased amount of biodiesel compared to the parental microorganism, and optionally one or more other products by fermentation of a substrate comprising CO, wherein the parental microorganism is not capable of producing biodiesel, or produces biodeiesel at a lower level than the recombinant microorganism, by fermentation of a substrate comprising CO.
- a parental microorganism is transformed by introducing one or more exogenous nucleic acids adapted to express one or more enzymes in the biodiesel biosynthesis pathway.
- a parental microorganism is further transformed by introducing one or more exogenous nucleic acids adapted to express one or more enzyme in the fatty acid biosynthesis pathway.
- a parental microorganism is further transformed by expressing or overexpressing one or more endogenous nucleic acids adapted to express one or more enzyme in the fatty acid biosynthesis pathway.
- a parental microorganism is transformed with one or more nucleic acids adapted to over-express one or more endogenous enzymes in the biodiesel pathway which are naturally present in the parental microorganism.
- the one or more enzymes are as herein before described.
- a genetically engineered carboxydotrophic acetogenic bacterium comprises an exogenous nucleic acid encoding a nonspecific acetyltransferase (wax ester synthase/acyl Coenzyme A:diacylglycerol acyltransferase).
- the bacterium may be a Clostidium, including but not limited to Clostridium autoethanogenum, Clostridium ljungdahlii, Clostridium ragsdalei, Clostridium carboxidivorans, Clostridium drakei, Clostridium scatologenes, Clostridium aceticum, Clostridium formicoaceticum, and Clostridium magnum.
- Other Clostridia species which may be used, albeit not acetogenic, include, Clostridium acetobutylicum, Clostridium beijerinckii, C. saccharobutylicum, C. saccharoperbutylacetonicum, C. thermocellum, C. cellulolyticum, C. phytofermentans, C. kluyveri, and C. pasterianum
- the bacterium may also be, for example, Butyribacterium methylotrophicum, Acetobacterium woodii, Alkalibaculum bacchii, Blautia producta, Eubacterium limosum, Moorella thermoacetica, Moorella thermautotrophica, Sporomusa ovata, Sporomusa silvacetica, Sporomusa sphaeroides, Oxobacter pfennigii, or Thermoanaerobacter kiwi.
- the exogenous nonspecific acetyl transferase may be Acinetobacter baylyi nonspecific acetyl transferase.
- the nucleic acid may be on a plasmid.
- the nucleic acid encoding the nonspecific acetyltransferase may be codon optimized for C. autoethanogenum or for another host bacterium.
- Another embodiment is a process for converting CO and/or C0 2 into biodiesel.
- a gaseous CO-containing and/or C0 2 -containing substrate is passed to a bioreactor that contains a culture of carboxydotrophic, acetogenic bacteria in a culture medium.
- the bacteria comprise an exogenous nucleic acid encoding a nonspecific acetyltransferase (wax ester synthase/acyl Coenzyme A:diacylglycerol acyltransferase).
- the bacteria convert the CO and/or C0 2 directly to biodiesel, without the need to supply alcohols (e.g., ethanol or butanol) or fatty acids.
- the biodiesel is recovered from the bioreactor.
- the substrate may comprise an industrial waste gas.
- the culture may be grown and maintained strictly as anaerobically.
- the biodiesel may comprise fatty acid ethyl esters and/or fatty acid butyl esters.
- Another embodiment is a plasm id which replicates in a carboxydotrophic acetogenic bacterium.
- the plasmid comprises an exogenous nucleic acid encoding a nonspecific acetyltransferase (wax ester synthase/acyl Coenzyme A:diacylglycerol acyltransferase).
- the nucleic acid encoding the nonspecific acetyltransferase may be codon optimized for C. autoethanogenum.
- the plasmid may be methylated, for example by passage through a bacterium that contains a desired methylase.
- the invention may also be said broadly to consist in the parts, elements and features referred to or indicated in the specification of the application, individually or collectively, in any or all combinations of two or more of said parts, elements or features, and where specific integers are mentioned herein which have known equivalents in the art to which the invention relates, such known equivalents are deemed to be incorporated herein as if individually set forth.
- Figure 1 Conversion of carbon monoxide and/or hydrogen to an alcohol such as ethanol or butanol, then subsequent conversion of the alcohol and a fatty acid-CoA ester to a fatty acid acylester (biodiesel) by an unspecific acyltransferase
- Figure 2 Genetic map of expression plasmid pMTL85245-atf
- Figure 3 GC-MS result confirming biodiesel production from CO. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
- a “fermentation broth” is a culture medium comprising at least a nutrient media and bacterial cells.
- a "shuttle microorganism” is a microorganism in which a methyltransferase enzyme is expressed and is distinct from the destination microorganism.
- a "destination microorganism” is a microorganism in which the genes included on an expression construct/vector are expressed and is distinct from the shuttle microorganism.
- main fermentation product is intended to mean the one fermentation product which is produced in the highest concentration and/or yield.
- the terms “increasing the efficiency,” “increased efficiency” and the like, when used in relation to a fermentation process, include, but are not limited to, increasing one or more of the rate of growth of microorganisms catalysing the fermentation, the growth and/or product production rate at elevated product concentrations, the volume of desired product produced per volume of substrate consumed, the rate of production or level of production of the desired product, and the relative proportion of the desired product produced compared with other byproducts of the fermentation.
- substrate comprising carbon monoxide and like terms should be understood to include any substrate in which carbon monoxide is available to one or more strains of bacteria for growth and/or fermentation, for example.
- gaseous substrate comprising carbon monoxide includes any gas which contains a level of carbon monoxide.
- the substrate contains at least about 20% to about 100% CO by volume, from 20% to 70% CO by volume, from 30% to 60% CO by volume, and from 40% to 55% CO by volume.
- the substrate comprises about 25%, or about 30%, or about 35%, or about 40%, or about 45%, or about 50% CO, or about 55% CO, or about 60% CO by volume.
- the substrate may comprise an approx 2: 1, or 1 : 1, or 1 :2 ratio of H 2 :CO.
- the substrate comprises about 30% or less H 2 by volume, 20% or less H 2 by volume, about 15% or less H 2 by volume or about 10% or less H 2 by volume.
- the substrate stream comprises low concentrations of H 2 , for example, less than 5%, or less than 4%, or less than 3%, or less than 2%, or less than 1%, or is substantially hydrogen free.
- the substrate may also contain some C0 2 for example, such as about 1 % to about 80% C0 2 by volume, or 1% to about 30% C0 2 by volume. In one embodiment the substrate comprises less than or equal to about 20% C0 2 by volume. In particular embodiments the substrate comprises less than or equal to about 15% C0 2 by volume, less than or equal to about 10% C0 2 by volume, less than or equal to about 5% C0 2 by volume or substantially no C0 2 .
- the gaseous substrate may be provided in alternative forms.
- the gaseous substrate containing CO may be provided dissolved in a liquid.
- a liquid is saturated with a carbon monoxide containing gas and then that liquid is added to the bioreactor. This may be achieved using standard methodology.
- a microbubble dispersion generator Hensirisak et. al. Scale-up of microbubble dispersion generator for aerobic fermentation; Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology Volume 101 , Number 3 / October, 2002
- the gaseous substrate containing CO may be adsorbed onto a solid support.
- Such alternative methods are encompassed by use of the term "substrate containing CO" and the like.
- the CO-containing gaseous substrate is an industrial off or waste gas.
- “Industrial waste or off gases” should be taken broadly to include any gases comprising CO produced by an industrial process and include gases produced as a result of ferrous metal products manufacturing, non-ferrous products manufacturing, petroleum refining processes, gasification of coal, gasification of biomass, electric power production, carbon black production, and coke manufacturing. Further examples may be provided elsewhere herein.
- the phrases "fermenting,” “fermentation process” or “fermentation reaction” and the like, as used herein, are intended to encompass both the growth phase and product biosynthesis phase of the process.
- the bioreactor may comprise a first growth reactor and a second fermentation , reactor.
- the addition of metals or compositions to a fermentation reaction should be understood to include addition to either or both of these reactors.
- bioreactor includes a fermentation device consisting of one or more vessels and/or towers or piping arrangement, which includes the Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor (CSTR), Immobilized Cell Reactor (ICR), Trickle Bed Reactor (TBR), Bubble Column, Gas Lift Fermenter, Static Mixer, or other vessel or other device suitable for gas- liquid contact.
- CSTR Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor
- ICR Immobilized Cell Reactor
- TBR Trickle Bed Reactor
- Bubble Column Gas Lift Fermenter
- Static Mixer Static Mixer
- Exogenous nucleic acids are nucleic acids which originate outside of the microorganism to which they are introduced. Exogenous nucleic acids may be derived from any appropriate source, including, but not limited to, the microorganism to which they are to be introduced (for example in a parental microorganism from which the recombinant microorganism is derived), strains or species of microorganisms which differ from the organism to which they are to be introduced, or they may be artificially or recombinantly created.
- the exogenous nucleic acids represent nucleic acid sequences naturally present within the microorganism to which they are to be introduced, and they are introduced to increase expression of or over-express a particular gene (for example, by increasing the copy number of the sequence (for example a gene), or introducing a strong or constitutive promoter to increase expression).
- the exogenous nucleic acids represent nucleic acid sequences not naturally present within the microorganism to which they are to be introduced and allow for the expression of a product not naturally present within the microorganism or increased expression of a gene native to the microorganism (for example in the case of introduction of a regulatory element such as a promoter).
- the exogenous nucleic acid may be adapted to integrate into the genome of the microorganism to which it is to be introduced or to remain in an extra-chromosomal state.
- Exogenous may also be used to refer to proteins. This refers to a protein that is not present in the parental microorganism from which the recombinant microorganism is derived.
- endogenous refers to any nucleic acid or protein that is present in a parental microorganism from which the recombinant microorganism is derived.
- Biodiesel refers to a fatty acid alkyl ester for example comprising either fatty acid ethyl ester (FAEE) and/or fatty acid butyl ester (FABE).
- FEE fatty acid ethyl ester
- FABE fatty acid butyl ester
- the biodiesel produced may a mixture of fatty acid alkyl esters.
- biodiesel biosynthesis pathway refers to the pathway from fatty acyl CoA to biodiesel.
- Exemplary enzymes in this pathway include but are not limited to acyl transferase [EC:2.3.-.-] and acyl-CoA synthetase/long-chain-fatty-acid ⁇ CoA ligase [EC:6.2.3.1].
- the "fatty acid biosynthesis pathway” refers to the pathway from acetyl CoA to the production of a fatty acyl CoA.
- Exemplary enzymes in this pathway include but are not limited to acetyl-CoA carboxylase/biotin carboxylase [EC:6.3.4.14/EC:6.4.1.2/EC:6.4.1.3], malonyltransferase/malonate decarboxylase [EC:2.3.1.39], fatty acid synthase
- nucleic acids whose sequence varies from the sequences specifically exemplified herein provided they perform substantially the same function.
- nucleic acid sequences that encode a protein or peptide this means that the encoded protein or peptide has substantially the same function.
- nucleic acid sequences that represent promoter sequences the variant sequence will have the ability to promote expression of one or more genes.
- nucleic acids may be referred to herein as "functionally equivalent variants.”
- functionally equivalent variants of a nucleic acid include allelic variants, fragments of a gene, genes which include mutations (deletion, insertion, nucleotide substitutions and the like) and/or polymorphisms and the like.
- homologous genes from other microorganisms may also be considered as examples of functionally equivalent variants of the sequences specifically exemplified herein. These include homologous genes in species such as Clostridium acetobutylicum, Clostridium beijerinckii, C. ljungdahlii, Acinetobacter baylyi details of which are publicly available on websites such as Genbank or NCBI.
- nucleic acid whose sequence varies as a result of codon optimisation for a particular organism.
- “Functionally equivalent variants” of a nucleic acid herein will preferably have at least approximately 70%, preferably approximately 80%, more preferably approximately 85%, preferably approximately 90%, preferably approximately 95% or greater nucleic acid sequence identity with the nucleic acid identified.
- a functionally equivalent variant of a protein or a peptide includes those proteins or peptides that share at least 40%, preferably 50%, preferably 60%, preferably 70%, preferably 75%, preferably 80%, preferably 85%, preferably 90%, preferably 95% or greater amino acid identity with the protein or peptide identified and has substantially the same function as the peptide or protein of interest.
- variants include within their scope fragments of a protein or peptide wherein the fragment comprises a truncated form of the polypeptide wherein deletions may be from 1 to 5, to 10, to 15, to 20, to 25 amino acids, and may extend from residue 1 through 25 at either terminus of the polypeptide, and wherein deletions may be of any length within the region; or may be at an internal location.
- Functionally equivalent variants of the specific polypeptides herein should also be taken to include polypeptides expressed by homologous genes in other species of bacteria, for example as exemplified in the previous paragraph.
- substantially the same function is intended to mean that the nucleic acid or polypeptide is able to perform the function of the nucleic acid or polypeptide of which it is a variant.
- a variant of an enzyme of the invention will be able to catalyse the same reaction as that enzyme.
- the variant has the same level of activity as the polypeptide or nucleic acid of which it is a variant.
- a functionally equivalent variant has substantially the same function as the nucleic acid or polypeptide of which it is a variant using methods known to one of skill in the art.
- assays to test for acyltransferase activity are described in Kalscheuer et al., 2004, Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 70: 71 19-25; Stoveken et al., 2005, J. Bacterid., 187: 1369-76.
- a "parental microorganism” is a microorganism used to generate a recombinant microorganism of the invention.
- the parental microorganism may be one that occurs in nature (ie a wild type microorganism) or one that has been previously modified but which does not express or over-express one or more of the enzymes the subject of the present invention. Accordingly, the recombinant microorganisms of the invention may have been modified to express or over-express one or more enzymes that were not expressed or over- expressed in the parental microorganism.
- nucleic acid constructs or vectors
- constructs or vectors may include one or more regulatory elements, an origin of replication, a multicloning site and/or a selectable marker.
- the constructs or vectors are adapted to allow expression of one or more genes encoded by the construct or vector.
- Nucleic acid constructs or vectors include naked nucleic acids as well as nucleic acids formulated with one or more agents to facilitate delivery to a cell (for example, liposome-conjugated nucleic acid, an organism in which the nucleic acid is contained).
- a recombinant microorganism can be engineered to produce a biodiesel from a CO-containing substrate.
- the inventors have engineered recombinant organisms and invented methods of use thereof for the production of the fatty acid derivative biodiesel.
- the inventors also contemplate that other fatty acid derivatives including free fatty acids, alkanes and alkenes could be produced as part of the invention. All these products can be derived from fatty acid key intermediates fatty acid acyl-CoA (thioesters with CoA) or fatty acid ACPs (Acyl carrier proteins).
- the biodiesel produced by the invention is a long-chain, energy dense compound, and its synthesis requires the cell to invest energy in the form of nucleoside triposphates such as ATP.
- nucleoside triposphates such as ATP.
- the production of biodiesel via the fatty acid biosynthesis pathway in an aerobic process and/or using sugar as a substrate proceeds in a relatively straightforward manner due to the C5 pentose and C6 hexose molecules which are converted into longer chain fatty acids driven by the high ATP availability although a large number of reactions are required.
- the present invention may have advantages over producing biofuels from sugar based substrates and provides an alternative means for the production of biodiesel utilising waste gases including carbon monoxide from industrial processes.
- the inventors have shown that it is possible to produce these longer chain fatty acid molecules such as biodiesel using the CI feedstock CO via the acetyl CoA intermediate.
- the substrate CO or C02 is in the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway directly channelled into acetyl- CoA (the starting point of the fatty acid biosynthesis)
- acetyl- CoA the starting point of the fatty acid biosynthesis
- fewer reactions and enzymes are needed as from sugar via glycolysis, making the process faster and more efficient even though less ATP is available.
- ATP is available in carboxydotrophic acetogens
- the inventors consider that this more direct pathway may sustain a higher metabolic flux (owing to higher chemical motive force of intermediate reactions).
- biodiesel a fatty acid alkyl ester
- a recombinant microorganism of the invention is enabled by introduction to the microorganism of an exogenous acyl transferase.
- Traditional methods of production of biodiesel involve the transestenfication of a lipid (triglyceride) in the presence of alcohol to yield glycerine and biodiesel.
- the present invention provides a recombinant microorganism that is able to co-produce both alcohol (including ethanol and/or butanol) as well as fatty acid.
- biodiesel comprising either FAEE (Fatty acid ethyl esters) and/or FABE (Fatty acid butyl esters).
- an unspecific acyltransferase (wax ester synthase/acyl Coenzyme A:diacylglycerol acyltransferase) from Acinetobacter baylyi was introduced to the acetogenic microorganism.
- the microorganism produces an alcohol (for example ethanol or butanol) and a fatty acyl-CoA which are converted to to a fatty acid alkyl ester (i.e. biodiesel) (Fig. 1) ( alscheuer et al., 2004, Appl. Environ. Microbiol, 70: 71 19-25; Stoveken et al., 2005, J.
- Fatty acid acyl-CoAs are a direct product of fatty acids and are produced by the action of for example acyl-CoA synthetase (long- chain-fatty-acid-CoA ligase) which may be present in carboxydotrophic acetogens.
- acyl-CoA synthetase long- chain-fatty-acid-CoA ligase
- supplemental fatty acids or alcohol being supplied to the reaction externally (Kalscheuer et al., 2006, Microbiology, 152, 2529-36). While all organisms produce fatty acid precursors, for organisms that don't produce (high amounts of) alcohols like E. coli, additional genetic modifications become necessary.
- the present invention does not require such external supply of alcohol therefore may provide a number of advantages. Included in these advantages is the reduction in the cost of feedstock, a significant reduction in complexity of the equipment and parameter control and limited handling and separation steps required by the process.
- the invention provides a recombinant microorganism capable of producing biodiesel, and optionally one or more other products, by fermentation of a substrate comprising CO.
- the microorganism is adapted to express one or more exogenous enzymes in the biodiesel biosynthesis pathway. In another embodiment, the microorganism is adapted to over-express one or more endogenous enzymes in the biodiesel biosynthesis pathway.
- the recombinant microorganism is adapted to produce a greater amount of biodiesel than would be produced by a parental microorganism from which the recombinant microorganism is derived.
- the parental microorganism from which the recombinant microorganism is derived is capable of fermenting a substrate comprising CO to produce an alcohol but not of converting the alcohol to a biodiesel, and the recombinant microorganism is adapted to express one or more enzymes involved in the conversion of ethanol to biodiesel.
- the acetogenic carboxydotrophic recombinant microorganism is further adapted to express one or more exogenous enzymes in the fatty acid biosynthesis pathway.
- the microorganism is further adapted to over-express one or more endogenous enzymes in the fatty acid biosynthesis pathway.
- the microorganism may be adapted to express or over-express the one or more enzymes by any number of recombinant methods including, for example, increasing expression of endogenous genes (for example, by introducing a stronger or constitutive promoter to drive expression of a gene), increasing the copy number of a gene encoding a particular enzyme by introducing exogenous nucleic acids encoding and adapted to express the enzyme, or introducing an exogenous nucleic acid encoding and adapted to express an enzyme not naturally present within the parental microorganism.
- the parental microorganism may be transformed to provide a combination of a) increased or over-expression of one or more endogenous genes and b) introduction of one or more exogenous genes.
- one or more genes encoding one or more enzymes in the biodiesel and optionally the fatty acid biosynthesis pathway may be native to the parental microorganism but it may not include one or more other genes encoding one or more other enzymes in the pathway.
- the one or more enzymes in the biodiesel biosynthesis pathway are chosen from the group consisting of acyl transferase and a functionally equivalent variant thereof.
- sequence information for acyl transferase is provided.
- the enzymes and functional variants of use in the microorganisms of the invention may be derived from any appropriate source, including different genera and species of bacteria, or other organisms.
- the acyl transferase is that derived from Acinetobacter baylyi as described in SEQ ID NO: 1, or a functionally equivalent variant thereof.
- the acyl transferase has the identifying characterisitics of the unspecific acyltransferase YP 045555.1 ; Gene ID: 2879218 of Acinetobacter baylyi.
- An acyl-CoA synthetase/long-chain-fatty-acid ⁇ CoA ligase is for example given under accession numbers P694 1 or GenelD: 946327.
- the microorganism comprises one or more exogenous nucleic acids adapted to increase expression of one or more nucleic acids native to the parental microorganism and which one or more nucleic acids encode one or more of the enzymes referred to herein before.
- the one or more exogenous nucleic acid adapted to increase expression is a regulatory element.
- the regulatory element is a promoter.
- the promoter is a constitutive promoter that is preferably highly active under appropriate fermentation conditions. Inducible promoters could also be used.
- the promoter is selected from the group comprising Wood-Ljungdahl gene cluster, a pyruvate :ferredoxin oxidoreductase promoter, an Rnf complex operon promoter, ATP synthase operon promoter or Phosphotransacetylase/ Acetate kinase operon promoters. It will be appreciated by those of skill in the art that other promoters which can direct expression, preferably a high level of expression under appropriate fermentation conditions, would be effective as alternatives to the exemplified embodiments.
- the microorganism comprises one or more exogenous nucleic acids encoding and adapted to express one or more of the enzymes referred to herein before.
- the microorganisms comprise one or more exogenous nucleic acids encoding and adapted to express at least two of the enzymes.
- the microorganism comprises one or more exogenous nucleic acid encoding and adapted to express three of the enzymes.
- the microorganism comprises one or more exogenous nucleic acid encoding and adapted to express five of the enzymes.
- the microorganism comprises one or more exogenous nucleic acids encoding an acyl transferase or a functionally equivalent variant thereof.
- the acyl transferase is encoded by the nucleic acid sequence exemplified in SEQ ID NO: 1, or a functionally equivalent variant thereof.
- the microorganism may comprise one or more exogenous nucleic acids. Where it is desirable to transform the parental microorganism with two or more genetic elements (such as genes or regulatory elements (for example a promoter)) they may be contained on one or more exogenous nucleic acids.
- two or more genetic elements such as genes or regulatory elements (for example a promoter)
- the one or more exogenous nucleic acid is a nucleic acid construct or vector, in one particular embodiment a plasmid, encoding one or more of the enzymes referred to hereinbefore in any combination.
- the exogenous nucleic acids may remain extra-chromosomal upon transformation of the parental microorganism or may intergrate into the genome of the parental microorganism. Accordingly, they may include additional nucleotide sequences adapted to assist integration (for example, a region which allows for homologous recombination and targeted integration into the host genome) or expression and replication of an extrachromosomal construct (for example, origin of replication, promoter and other regulatory elements or sequences).
- the exogenous nucleic acids encoding one or enzymes as mentioned herein before will further comprise a promoter adapted to promote expression of the one or more enzymes encoded by the exogenous nucleic acids.
- the promoter is a constitutive promoter that is preferably highly active under appropriate fermentation conditions. Inducible promoters could also be used.
- the promoter is selected from the group comprising Wood-Ljungdahl gene cluster, a pyruvate :ferredoxin oxidoreductase promoter, an Rnf complex operon promoter, ATP synthase operon promoter and Phosphotransacetylase/Acetate kinase promoters. It will be appreciated by those of skill in the art that other promoters which can direct expression, preferably a high level of expression under appropriate fermentation conditions, would be effective as alternatives to the exemplified embodiments.
- the exogenous nucleic acid is an expression plasmid.
- the parental carboxydotrophic acetogenic microorganism is selected from the group consisting of Clostridium autoethanogenum, Clostridium ljungdahlii, Clostridium ragsdalei, Clostridium carboxidivorans, Clostridium drakei, Clostridium scatologenes, Butyribacterium limosum, Butyribacterium methylotrophicum, Acetobacterium woodii, Alkalibaculum bacchii, Blautia producta, Eubacterium limosum, Moorella thermoacetica, Moorella thermautotrophica, Oxobacter pfennigii, and Thermoanaerobacter kiuvi.
- the parental microorganism is selected from the group of carboxydotrophic Clostridia comprising Clostridium autoethanogenum, Clostridium ljungdahlii, Clostridium ragsdalei, Clostridium carboxidivorans, Clostridium drakei, Clostridium scatologenes, Clostridium aceticum, Clostridium formicoaceticum, Clostridium magnum.
- the microorganism is selected from a cluster of carboxydotrophic Clostridia comprising the species C autoethanogenum, C. ljungdahlii, and
- strains form a subcluster within the Clostridial rRNA cluster I (Collins et al., 1994), having at least 99% identity on 16S rRNA gene level, although being distinct species as determined by DNA-DNA reassociation and DNA fingerprinting experiments (WO 2008/028055, US patent 2011/0229947).
- strains of this cluster are defined by common characteristics, having both a similar genotype and phenotype, and they all share the same mode of energy conservation and fermentative metabolism.
- the strains of this cluster lack cytochromes and conserve energy via an Rnf complex.
- All strains of this cluster have a genome size of around 4.2 MBp (Kopke et al., 2010) and a GC composition of around 32 %moI (Abrini et al., 1994; Kopke et al., 2010; Tanner et al., 1993) (WO 2008/028055; US patent 2011/0229947), and conserved essential key gene operons encoding for enzymes of Wood-Ljungdahl pathway (Carbon monoxide dehydrogenase, Formyl-tetrahydrofolate synthetase, Methylene-tetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase, Formyl-tetrahydrofolate cyclohydrolase, Methylene-tetrahydrofolate reductase, and Carbon monoxide dehydrogenase/Acetyl-CoA synthase), hydrogenase, formate dehydrogenase, Rnf complex (rnfCDGE
- arginine, histidine or other substrates (e.g. betaine, butanol).
- substrates e.g. betaine, butanol.
- vitamins e.g. thiamine, biotin
- Reduction of carboxylic acids into their corresponding alcohols has been shown in a range of these organisms (Perez, Richter, Loftus, & Angenent, 2012).
- the recombinant carboxydotrophic acetogenic microorganisms of the invention may be prepared from a parental carboxydotrophic acetogenic microorganism and one or more exogenous nucleic acids using any number of techniques known in the art for producing recombinant microorganisms.
- transformation including transduction or transfection
- transformation may be achieved by electroporation, electrofusion, ultrasonication, polyethylene glycol-mediated transformation, conjugation, or chemical and natural competence. Suitable transformation techniques are described for example in Sambrook J, Fritsch EF, Maniatis T: Molecular Cloning: A laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbour Labrotary Press, Cold Spring Harbour, 1989.
- Electroporation has been described for several carboxydotrophic acetogens as C. ljungdahlii (Kopke et al., 2010; Leang, Ueki, Nevin, & Lovley, 2012) (PCT/NZ2011/000203; WO2012/053905), C. autoethanogenum (PCT NZ2011/000203; WO2012/053905), Acetobacterhim woodii (Stratz, Sauer, Kuhn, & Diirre, 1994) or Moorella thermoacetica (Kita et al., 2012) and is a standard method used in many Clostridia such as C.
- acetobutylicum (Mermelstein, Welker, Bennett, & Papoutsakis, 1992), C. cellulolyticum (Jennert, Tardif, Young, & Young, 2000) or C. thermocellum (MV Tyurin, Desai, & Lynd, 2004).
- Electrofusion has been described for acetogenic Clostridium sp. MT351 (Tyurin and Kiriukhin, 2012).
- the parental strain uses CO as its sole carbon and energy source.
- the parental microorganism is Clostridium autoethanogenum or Clostridium ljungdahlii.
- the microorganism is Clostridium autoethanogenum DSM23693.
- the microorganism is Clostridium ljungdahlii DSM13528 (or ATCC55383).
- the invention also provides one or more nucleic acids or nucleic acid constructs of use in generating a recombinant microorganism of the invention.
- the nucleic acids comprises sequences encoding one or more of the enzymes in the biodiesel biosynthesis pathway which when expressed in a microorganism allows the microorganism to produce biodiesel by fermentation of a substrate comprising CO.
- the invention provides a nucleic acid encoding two or more enzymes which when expressed in a microorganism allows the microorganism to produce biodiesel by fermentation of a substrate comprising CO.
- the nucleic acids of the invention encode three such enzymes, or five such enzymes.
- the enzymes are chosen from the group consisting of acyl transferase and a functionally equivalent variant thereof.
- Exemplary amino acid sequences and nucleic acid sequences encoding enzymes described herein are provided herein or can be obtained from GenBank as mentioned hereinbefore.
- skilled persons will readily appreciate alternative nucleic acids sequences encoding the enzymes or functionally equivalent variants thereof, having regard to the information contained herein, in GenBank and other databases, and the genetic code.
- the acyl transferase is encoded by the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or a functionally equivalent variant thereof.
- the nucleic acid further encodes one or more exogenous enzymes in the fatty acid biosynthesis pathway. In a further aspect, the nucleic acid further encodes one or more endogenous enzymes in the fatty acid biosynthesis pathway.
- the nucleic acids of the invention will further comprise a promoter.
- the promoter allows for constitutive expression of the genes under its control.
- inducible promoters may also be employed.
- the promoter can direct a high level of expression under appropriate fermentation conditions.
- a Wood-Ljungdahl cluster promoter is used.
- a Phosphotransacetylase/Acetate kindase promoter is used.
- the promoter is from C. autoethanogenum.
- nucleic acids of the invention may remain extra-chromosomal upon transformation of a parental microorganism or may be adapted for integration into the genome of the microorganism. Accordingly, nucleic acids of the invention may include additional nucleotide sequences adapted to assist integration (for example, a region which allows for homologous recombination and targeted integration into the host genome) or stable expression and replication of an extrachromosomal construct (for example, origin of replication, promoter and other regulatory sequences).
- the nucleic acid is nucleic acid construct or vector.
- the nucleic acid construct or vector is an expression construct or vector, however other constructs and vectors, such as those used for cloning are encompassed by the invention.
- the expression construct or vector is a plasmid.
- an expression construct/vector of the present invention may contain any number of regulatory elements in addition to the promoter as well as additional genes suitable for expression of further proteins if desired.
- the expression construct/vector includes one promoter.
- the expression construct/vector includes two or more promoters.
- the expression construct/vector includes one promoter for each gene to be expressed.
- the expression construct/vector includes one or more ribosomal binding sites, preferably a ribosomal binding site for each gene to be expressed.
- nucleic acid sequences and construct/vector sequences described herein may contain standard linker nucleotides such as those required for ribosome binding sites and/or restriction sites. Such linker sequences should not be interpreted as being required and do not provide a limitation on the sequences defined.
- Nucleic acids and nucleic acid constructs may be constructed using any number of techniques standard in the art. For example, chemical synthesis or recombinant techniques may be used. Such techniques are described, for example, in Sambrook et al (Molecular Cloning: A laboratory manual, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 1989). Further exemplary techniques are described in the Examples section herein after. Essentially, the individual genes and regulatory elements will be operably linked to one another such that the genes can be expressed to form the desired proteins. Suitable vectors for use in the invention will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art.
- nucleic acids of the invention may be in any appropriate form, including RNA, DNA, or cDNA.
- the invention also provides host organisms, particularly microorganisms, and including viruses, bacteria, and yeast, comprising any one or more of the nucleic acids described herein.
- the one or more exogenous nucleic acids may be delivered to a parental microorganism as naked nucleic acids or may be formulated with one or more agents to facilitate the tranformation process (for example, liposome-conjugated nucleic acid, an organism in which the nucleic acid is contained).
- the one or more nucleic acids may be DNA, RNA, or combinations thereof, as is appropriate. Restriction inhibitors may be used in certain embodiments; see, for example Murray, N.E. et al. (2000) Microbial. Molec. Biol. Rev. 64, 412.)
- the microorganisms of the invention may be prepared from a parental microorganism and one or more exogenous nucleic acids using any number of techniques known in the art for producing recombinant microorganisms.
- transformation including transduction or transfection
- transformation may be achieved by electroporation, ultrasonication, polyethylene glycol-mediated transformation, chemical or natural competence, protoplast transformation, prophage induction or conjugation.
- Suitable transformation techniques are described for example in, Sambrook J, Fritsch EF, Maniatis T: Molecular Cloning: A laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbour Labrotary Press, Cold Spring Harbour, 1989.
- acetobutylicum (Mermelstein et al, 1992, Biotechnology, 10, 190-195), C. cellulolyticum (Jennert et al., 2000, Microbiology, 146: 3071-3080) or C. thermocellum (Tyurin et al., 2004, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70: 883-890). Prophage induction has been demonstrated for carboxydotrophic acetogen as well in case of C.
- a recombinant microorganism of the invention is produced by a method comprises the following steps: introduction into a shuttle microorganism of (i) of an expression construct/vector as described herein and (ii) a methylation construct/vector comprising a methyltransferase gene;
- the methyltransferase gene is expressed constitutively. In another embodiment, expression of the methyltransferase gene of is induced.
- the shuttle microorganism is a microorganism, preferably a restriction negative microorganism, that facilitates the methylation of the nucleic acid sequences that make up the expression construct/vector.
- the shuttle microorganism is a restriction negative E. coli, Bacillus subtillis, or Lactococcus lactis.
- the methylation construct/vector comprises a nucleic acid sequence encoding a methyltransferase.
- the methyltransferase gene present on the methylation construct/vector is induced.
- Induction may be by any suitable promoter system although in one particular embodiment of the invention, the methylation construct/vector comprises an inducible lac promoter and is induced by addition of lactose or an analogue thereof, more preferably isopropyl-P-D-thio-galactoside (IPTG).
- suitable promoters include the ara, tet, or T7 system.
- the methylation construct/vector promoter is a constitutive promoter.
- the methylation construct/vector has an origin of replication specific to the identity of the shuttle microorganism so that any genes present on the methylation construct/vector are expressed in the shuttle microorganism.
- the expression construct/vector has an origin of replication specific to the identity of the destination microorganism so that any genes present on the expression construct/vector are expressed in the destination microorganism.
- Expression of the methyltransferase enzyme results in methylation of the genes present on the expression construct/vector.
- the expression construct/vector may then be isolated from the shuttle microorganism according to any one of a number of known methods. By way of example only, the methodology described in the Examples section described hereinafter may be used to isolate the expression construct/vector.
- both construct/vector are concurrently isolated.
- the expression construct/vector may be introduced into the destination microorganism using any number of known methods. However, by way of example, the methodology described in the Examples section hereinafter may be used. Since the expression construct/vector is methylated, the nucleic acid sequences present on the expression construct/vector are able to be incorporated into the destination microorganism and successfully expressed.
- a methyltransferase gene may be introduced into a shuttle microorganism and over-expressed.
- the resulting methyltransferase enzyme may be collected using known methods and used in vitro to methylate an expression plasmid.
- the expression construct/vector may then be introduced into the destination microorganism for expression.
- the methyltransferase gene is introduced into the genome of the shuttle microorganism followed by introduction of the expression construct/vector into the shuttle microorganism, isolation of one or more constructs/vectors from the shuttle microorganism and then introduction of the expression construct/vector into the destination microorganism.
- the expression construct/vector and the methylation construct/vector as defined above may be combined to provide a composition of matter.
- Such a composition has particular utility in circumventing restriction barrier mechanisms to produce the recombinant microorganisms of the invention.
- the expression construct/vector and/or the methylation construct/vector are plasmids.
- methyltransferases of use in producing the microorganisms of the invention.
- Bacillus subtilis phage ⁇ 1 methyltransferase and the methy transferase described in the Examples herein after may be used.
- the methyltransferase has the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 12, or is a functionally equivalent variant thereof.
- Nucleic acids encoding suitable methyltransferases will be readily appreciated having regard to the sequence of the desired methyltransferase and the genetic code.
- the nucleic acid encoding a methyltransferase is as described in the Examples herein after (for example the nucleic acid of SEQ ID NO: 17, or it is a functionally equivalent variant thereof).
- any number of constructs/vectors adapted to allow expression of a methyltransferase gene may be used to generate the methylation construct/vector.
- the plasmid described in the Examples section hereinafter may be used (for example, SEQ ID NO: 14).
- the invention provides a method for the production of biodiesel, and optionally one or more other products, by microbial fermentation comprising fermenting a substrate comprising CO using a recombinant microorganism of the invention.
- the methods of the invention may be used to reduce the total atmospheric carbon emissions from an industrial process.
- the fermentation comprises the steps of anaerobically fermenting a substrate in a bioreactor to produce at least biodiesel using a recombinant microorganism of the invention.
- the method comprises the steps of: a. providing a substrate comprising CO to a bioreactor containing a culture of one or more microorganisms of the invention; and
- the method comprises the steps of: a. capturing CO-containing gas produced as a result of an industrial process;
- the gaseous substrate fermented by the microorganism is a gaseous substrate containing CO.
- the gaseous substrate may be a CO- containing waste gas obtained as a by-product of an industrial process, or from some other source such as from automobile exhaust fumes.
- the industrial process is selected from the group consisting of ferrous metal products manufacturing, such as a steel mill, non-ferrous products manufacturing, petroleum refining processes, gasification of coal, electric power production, carbon black production, ammonia production, methanol production and coke manufacturing.
- the CO- containing gas may be captured from the industrial process before it is emitted into the atmosphere, using any convenient method.
- the CO may be a component of syngas (gas comprising carbon monoxide and hydrogen).
- syngas gas comprising carbon monoxide and hydrogen.
- the CO produced from industrial processes is normally flared off to produce C0 2 and therefore the invention has particular utility in reducing C0 2 greenhouse gas emissions and producing biodiesel for use as a biofuel.
- the gaseous substrate may be filtered or scrubbed using known methods.
- the fermentation occurs in an aqueous culture medium.
- the fermentation of the substrate takes place in a bioreactor.
- the substrate and media may be fed to the bioreactor in a continuous, batch or batch fed fashion.
- a nutrient medium will contain vitamins and minerals sufficient to permit growth of the micro-organism used.
- Anaerobic media suitable for fermentation using CO are known in the art. For example, suitable media are described Biebel (2001). In one embodiment of the invention the media is as described in the Examples section herein after.
- the fermentation should desirably be carried out under appropriate fermentation conditions for the production of biodiesel to occur.
- Reaction conditions that should be considered include pressure, temperature, gas flow rate, liquid flow rate, media pH, media redox potential, agitation rate (if using a continuous stirred tank reactor), inoculum level, maximum gas substrate concentrations to ensure that CO in the liquid phase does not become limiting, and maximum product concentrations to avoid product inhibition.
- reactor volume can be reduced in linear proportion to increases in reactor operating pressure, i.e. bioreactors operated at 10 atmospheres of pressure need only be one tenth the volume of those operated at 1 atmosphere of pressure.
- WO 02/08438 describes gas-to-ethanol fermentations performed under pressures of 30 psig and 75 psig, giving ethanol productivities of 150 g/l/day and 369 g/l/day respectively.
- example fermentations performed using similar media and input gas compositions at atmospheric pressure were found to produce between 10 and 20 times less ethanol per litre per day.
- the rate of introduction of the CO-containing gaseous substrate is such as to ensure that the concentration of CO in the liquid phase does not become limiting. This is because a consequence of CO-limited conditions may be that one or more product is consumed by the culture.
- composition of gas streams used to feed a fermentation reaction can have a significant impact on the efficiency and/or costs of that reaction.
- 02 may reduce the efficiency of an anaerobic fermentation process. Processing of unwanted or unnecessary gases in stages of a fermentation process before or after fermentation can increase the burden on such stages (e.g. where the gas stream is compressed before entering a bioreactor, unnecessary energy may be used to compress gases that are not needed in the fermentation). Accordingly, it may be desirable to treat substrate streams, particularly substrate streams derived from industrial sources, to remove unwanted components and increase the concentration of desirable components.
- a culture of a bacterium of the invention is maintained in an aqueous culture medium.
- the aqueous culture medium is a minimal anaerobic microbial growth medium.
- Suitable media are known in the art and described for example in U.S. Patent Nos. 5,173,429 and 5,593,886 and WO 02/08438, and as described in the Examples section herein after.
- Biodiesel, or a mixed stream containing biodiesel and/or one or more other products may be recovered from the fermentation broth by methods known in the art, such as fractional distillation or evaporation, pervaporation, gas stripping and extractive fermentation, including for example, liquid-liquid extraction. Products may also diffuse or secrete into media, from which they can extracted by phase separation.
- biodiesel and one or more products are recovered from the fermentation broth by continuously removing a portion of the broth from the bioreactor, separating microbial cells from the broth (conveniently by filtration), and recovering one or more products from the broth.
- Alcohols may conveniently be recovered for example by distillation.
- Acetone may be recovered for example by distillation.
- Any acids produced may be recovered for example by adsorption on activated charcoal.
- the separated microbial cells are preferably returned to the fermentation bioreactor.
- the cell free permeate remaining after any alcohol(s) and acid(s) have been removed is also preferably returned to the fermentation bioreactor. Additional nutrients (such as B vitamins) may be added to the cell free permeate to replenish the nutrient medium before it is returned to the bioreactor.
- the pH of the broth was adjusted as described above to enhance adsorption of acetic acid to the activated charcoal, the pH should be re-adjusted to a similar pH to that of the broth in the fermentation bioreactor, before being returned to the bioreactor.
- C. autoethanogenum DSM10061 and DSM23693 (a derivative of DSM10061) were obtained from DSMZ (The German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, InhoffenstraBe 7 B, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany). Growth was carried out at 37° C using strictly anaerobic conditions and techniques (Hungate, 1969, Methods in Microbiology, vol. 3B. Academic Press, New York: 117-132; Wolfe, 1971, Adv. Microb. Physiol., 6: 107-146). Chemically defined PETC media without yeast extract (Tab. 1) and 30 psi carbon monioxide containing steel mill waste gas (collected from New Zealand Steel site in Glenbrook, NZ; composition: 44% CO, 32% N2, 22% C02, 2% H2) as sole carbon and energy source was used.
- Genomic DNA from Clostridum autoethanogenum DSM 10061 was isolated using a modified method by Bertram and Diirre (1989). A 100-ml overnight culture was harvested (6,000 x g, 15 min, 4 °C), washed with potassium phosphate buffer (10 mM, pH 7.5) and suspended in 1.9 ml STE buffer (50 mM Tris-HCl, 1 mM EDTA, 200 mM sucrose; pH 8.0). 300 ⁇ lysozyme (-100,000 U) were added and the mixture was incubated at 37 °C for 30 min, followed by addition of 280 ⁇ of a 10 % (w/v) SDS solution and another incubation for 10 min.
- the phosphotransacetylase/acetate kinase promoter region of C. autoethanogenum (SEQ ID NO: 4) was amplified by PCR from genomic DNA with oligonucleotides Ppta-ack- Notl-F (SEQ ID NO: 2: GAGCGGCCGCAATATGATATTTATGTCC) and Ppta-ack-Ndel- R (SEQ ID NO: 3: TTCCATATGTTTCATGTTCATTTCCTCC) and iProof High Fidelity DNA Polymerase (Bio-Rad Labratories) applying the following program: initial denaturation at 98 oC for 30 seconds, followed by 35 cycles of denaturation (98 °C for 10 seconds), annealing (55 °C for 30 seconds) and elongation (72 °C for 30 seconds), before a final extension step (72 °C for 10 minutes).
- C. autoethanogenum DSM23693 was grown in PETC media (Tab. 1) supplemented with 1 g/L yeast extract and 10 g/1 fructose as well as 30 psi steel mill waste gas (collected from New Zealand Steel site in Glenbrook, NZ; composition: 44% CO, 32% N2, 22% C02, 2% H2) as carbon source.
- a 50 ml culture of C. autoethanogenum DSM23693 was subcultured to fresh media for 3 consecutive days. These cells were used to inoculate 50 ml PETC media containing 40 mM DL-threonine at an OD600nm of 0.05. When the culture reached an OD600nm of 0.4, the cells were transferred into an anaerobic chamber and harvested at 4,700 x g and 4 °C. The culture was twice washed with ice-cold electropo ration buffer (270 mM sucrose, 1 mM MgCl 2 , 7 mM sodium phosphate, pH 7.4) and finally suspended in a volume of 600 ⁇ fresh electroporation buffer.
- ice-cold electropo ration buffer 270 mM sucrose, 1 mM MgCl 2 , 7 mM sodium phosphate, pH 7.4
- This mixture was transferred into a pre-cooled electroporation cuvette with a 0.4 cm electrode gap containing 1 ⁇ g of the methylated plasmid mix and immediately pulsed using the Gene pulser Xcell electroporation system (Bio-Rad) with the following settings: 2.5 kV, 600 ⁇ , and 25 ⁇ . Time constants of 3.7-4.0 ms were achieved.
- the culture was transferred into 5 ml fresh media. Regeneration of the cells was monitored at a wavelength of 600 nm using a Spectronic Helios Epsilon Spectrophotometer (Thermo) equipped with a tube holder. After an initial drop in biomass, the cells started growing again.
- the cells were harvested, suspended in 200 ⁇ fresh media and plated on selective PETC plates (containing 1.2 % BactoTM Agar (BD)) with 4 ⁇ g/ml Clarithromycin. After 4-5 days of inoculation with 30 psi steel mill gas at 37 °C, colonies were visible.
- selective PETC plates containing 1.2 % BactoTM Agar (BD)
- the colonies were used to inoculate 2 ml PETC media containing 4 ⁇ g/ ⁇ l Clarithromycin. When growth occurred, the culture was upscaled into 5 ml and later 50 ml PETC media containing 4 ⁇ g/ml Clarithromycin and 30 psi steel mill gas as sole carbon source.
- a plasmid mini prep was performed from 10 ml culture volume using Zyppy plasmid miniprep kit (Zymo). Since the quality of the isolated plasmid was not sufficient for a restriction digest due to Clostridial exonuclease activity [Burchhardt and Diirre, 1990], a PGR was performed with the isolated plasmid and oligonucleotides given in Table 2 to confirm the presence of the plasmid.
- PCR was carried out using iNtRON Maximise Premix PCR kit (Intron Bio Technologies) with the following conditions: initial denaturation at 94 °C for 2 minutes, followed by 35 cycles of denaturation (94 °C for 20 seconds), annealing (55 °C for 20 seconds) and elongation (72 °C for 60 seconds), before a final extension step (72 °C for 5 minutes).
- genomic DNA was isolated (see above) from 50 ml cultures of C. autoethanogenwn DSM23693.
- a PCR was performed against the 16s rRNA gene using oligonucleotides fDl (SEQ ID NO: 15 : ccgaattcgtcgacaacAGAGTTTGATCCTGGCTCAG) and rP2 (SEQ ID NO: 16: cccgggatccaagcttACGGCTACCTTGTTACGACTT) [Weisberg et al., 1991 ] and iNtRON Maximise Premix PCR kit (Intron Bio Technologies) with the following conditions: initial denaturation at 94 oC for 2 minutes, followed by 35 cycles of denaturation (94 °C for 20 seconds), annealing (55 °C for 20 seconds) and elongation (72 °C for 60 seconds), before a final extension step (72 °C for 5 minutes). Sequencing results were
- PETC media were prepared and inoculated with C. autoethanogenum strain harboring expression plasmid pMTL85245-atf.
- Serum bottles with 50 mL PETC medium (Table 1) were pressurized with 30 psi of a CO containing gas stream from steel mill waste gas (collected from New Zealand Steel site in Glenbrook, NZ; composition: 44% CO, 32% N2, 22% C02, 2% H2) and cultivated for 5 days. The same experiment was also carried out with the wild-type C. autoethanogenum strain without plasmid.
- the cultures were analyzed by GC-MS using headspace sampling.
- I- Octandecanol (CI 8) or Tetradecanal (CI 4), Heptadecane (CI 7), 9-Octadecanal (CI 8) and
- I I- Hexadecanal (C16)(Tab. 3; Fig. 3) .
- Alcohols like ethanol and butanol were detected by HPLC performed using an Agilent 1 100 Series HPLC system equipped with a RID operated at 35 °C (Refractive Index Detector) and an Aminex HPX-87H column (300 x 7.8 mm, particle size 9 ⁇ ) kept at 35 °C.
- the RID was operated at 35 °C (Refractive Index Detector) and an Alltech IOA-2000 Organic acid column (150 x 6.5 mm, particle size 8 ⁇ ) kept at 60 °C.
- Slightly acidified water was used (0.005 M H S0 4 ) as mobile phase with a flow rate of 0.25 ml/min.
- 400 ⁇ samples were mixed with 100 ⁇ of a 2 % (w/v) 5-Sulfosalicylic acid and centrifuged at 14,000 x g for 3 min to separate precipitated residues. 10 ⁇ of the supernatant were then injected into the HPLC for analyses.
- Clostridium ljungdahlii represents a microbial production platform based on syngas. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107(29).
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