dgreenf

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by dgreenf 12y ago
Neat! We hadn't heard of them. There are a handful of companies using natural methanotrophs (methane-eating bacteria) to make chemicals. We hope that moving methanotroph enzymes into the standard industrial strains of bacteria and yeas
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by dgreenf 12y ago
Sorry we're not hiring yet, still just the founders for now.
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by dgreenf 12y ago
We are grateful for our time at LS9, we got to work with some amazing people. I learned: It's important to be flexible. Having the ability to use multiple raw materials and make different products is important, especially when the pric
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by dgreenf 12y ago
Methane is lower cost than other raw materials like oil. That is why there is an opportunity to make chemicals cheaper, and also greener. The microbe itself it the catalyst - actually the enzymes inside do the work. A decentralized process
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by dgreenf 12y ago
It will be a few years at least. We need to show the technology works, then scale it up to get the cost down.
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by dgreenf 12y ago
I agree, it's a little confusing. Some chemicals like malic acid can actually be made from both CO2 and methane. Of the four carbons in that molecule, one can come from CO2 and the rest from methane.
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by dgreenf 12y ago
Industrial Microbes founders here. We all worked in biofuels for many years and are excited about new green ways of manufacturing. Some of the chemicals we want to make actually absorb carbon dioxide during their production. It's a gre
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iMicrobes (YC W15) Builds Bacteria to Produce Chemicals from Natural Gas(techcrunch.com)
68 points by dgreenf 12y ago|17 comments