Recycling potential of Cupriavidus necator for life support in space: Production of SCPs from volatile fatty acid and urea mixture.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishers Country of Publication: Netherlands NLM ID: 8411927 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1873-4863 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 01681656 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Biotechnol Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: Amsterdam : Elsevier Science Publishers, c1984-
    • Subject Terms:
      Cupriavidus necator*/metabolism ; Urea*/metabolism ; Fatty Acids, Volatile*/metabolism ; Fatty Acids, Volatile*/analysis; Biomass ; Polyhydroxyalkanoates/metabolism ; Polyhydroxyalkanoates/biosynthesis ; Recycling ; Life Support Systems ; Space Flight ; Glucose/metabolism ; Bioreactors/microbiology
    • Abstract:
      The International Space Station currently requires four annual replenishments for food supply, a practice that won't be feasible for deep space missions due to the greater distances. Based on the design of closed ecological life support systems, two waste streams were identified: urea from the crew urine, volatile fatty acids (VFAs) from a first stage of anaerobic digestion of waste. The objective of this study was to assess the ability of bacterium Cupriavidus necator to produce single cell protein on urea and VFAs. Thus, the effect of carbon sources (glucose vs VFAs) and the dilution rate on the biomass composition was determined in continuous cultures. Complete transformation of the carbon source into protein-rich biomass was achieved up to 78 % cell dry weight (CDW). For both carbon sources, the protein content increased from 55.0 %CDW to 78 %CDW with a decrease in the dilution rate. Conversely, the nucleic acid and polyhydroxyalkanoate contents decreased with the dilution rate from 8.8 %CDW to 4.8 %CDW and 9.8 %CDW to 0.6 %CDW respectively. Working at a low dilution rate seems to be a good way to maximize protein content while minimizing unwanted nucleic acids and polyhydroxyalkanoates.
      Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
      (Copyright © 2024. Published by Elsevier B.V.)
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Continuous culture; Cupriavidus necator; Single cell protein; Space exploration; Volatile fatty acids
    • Accession Number:
      8W8T17847W (Urea)
      0 (Fatty Acids, Volatile)
      0 (Polyhydroxyalkanoates)
      IY9XDZ35W2 (Glucose)
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20241013 Date Completed: 20241125 Latest Revision: 20241125
    • Publication Date:
      20241202
    • Accession Number:
      10.1016/j.jbiotec.2024.10.001
    • Accession Number:
      39396642