Open AccessLarge scale solubilization of coal and bioconversion to utilizable energy. Technical progress report, January 1--March 31, 1996
Author(s) -
N. C. Mishra
Publication year - 1996
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/650129
Subject(s) - bioconversion , coal , neurospora , microorganism , solubilization , chemistry , industrial microbiology , biochemistry , bacteria , biology , organic chemistry , gene , neurospora crassa , fermentation , genetics , mutant
In order develop a system for a large scale coal solubilization and its bioconversion to utilizable fuel, the authors plan to clone the genes encoding Neurospora protein that facilitates depolymerization of coal. They also plan to use desulfurizing bacteria to remove the sulfur in situ and use other microorganisms to convert biosolubilized coal into utilizable energy following an approach utilizing several microorganisms. In addition the products of coal solubilized by fungus will be characterized to determine their chemical nature and the mechanism of reaction catalyzed by fungal product during in vivo and in vitro solubilization by the fungus or purified fungal protein. Results are presented for the cloning of genes for Neurospora CSA-protein