Editorial: Methane: A Bioresource for Fuel and Biomolecules

• Published in: Frontiers in environmental science Vol. 8
• Main Authors: Kalyuzhnaya, Marina G., Kumaresan, Deepak, Heimann, Kirsten, Caetano, Nidia S., Visvanathan, Chettiyappan, Parthiba Karthikeyan, Obulisamy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lausanne Frontiers Research Foundation 05.02.2020; Frontiers Media S.A
• Subjects: Alternative energy sources; Anthropogenic factors; Bacteria; Biogas; Biomolecules; bioreactor; Bioreactors; Built environment; Carbon; Carbon sources; Chemical engineering; Conflicts of interest; Editorials; Electron sources; electron transfer; Emissions; Environmental engineering; Environmental science; Enzyme kinetics; Fatty acids; Food industry; Food waste; Methane; methanotrophs; Mimicry; Municipal solid waste; Municipal waste management; Nuclear fuels; Organic chemistry; Public health; Solid waste management; Urban environments; value addition and sustainability; Waste materials; United Kingdom > UK; Thailand; Australia; Ann Arbor Michigan; United States > US; Portugal
• ISSN: 2296-665X; 2296-665X
• DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2020.00009

While in general, with a few exceptions, the natural CH4 cycle is balanced, the anthropogenic disturbances have typically led to increase the CH4 emissions. [...]better understanding of mechanisms that control CH4 cycle in nature can be used to engineer better systems in human-built environments. Mimicking natural processes in laboratory/pilot-scale bioreactors that are designed to optimize specific operational conditions to regulate such communication may lead to successful implementation of technology to effectively utilize the waste materials e.g., municipal solid waste, food waste, industrial organics and wastewaters, or low-grade coals with/without the aid of external carbon/electron sources to produce CH4 as bio-energy, as shown by Yang et al. Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya1, Deepak Kumaresan2, Kirsten Heimann3, Nidia S. Caetano4, Chettiyappan Visvanathan5 and Obulisamy Parthiba Karthikeyan6,7* * 1Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States * 2School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom * 3Centre for Marine Bioproducts Development, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia * 4Department of Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior de Engenharia Do Porto, Porto, Portugal * 5Department of Energy, Environment, and Climate, School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology, Pathumthani, Thailand * 6Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States * 7Department of Engineering Technology, College of Technology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States