Bio-based products Organisms Species Chemicals Productivity References
Bio-plastics Proteobacteria Ralstoniaeutropha Poly-3-hydroxybutyric acid Under growth with H2/CO2, 61 g/L of PHB was formed in 40 h, representing ~70% of total cell weight. [132]
Proteobacteria Ideonella sp. O-1 Poly-3-hydroxybutyric acid The content of PHB in the cells reached ~80% (w/w). [63]
Algae Phaeodactylumtricornutum Poly-3-hydroxybutyric acid PHB accumulated to 10% of algal dry weight. [133]
Bio-alcohols Proteobacteria Rhodobactersphaeroides Rhodobactercapsulatus Ethanol ~800 mg/L ethanol from CO2 and non-water hydrogen source. [134]
Cyanobacteria Synechococcuselongatus PCC 7942 Ethanol Ethanol production rate of 0.18 mg/L/hr from CO2 and water. [135]
Cyanobacteria Synechococcuselongatus PCC 7942 Isopropanol 26.5 mg/L of isopropanol after 9 days. [41]
Cyanobacteria Synechococcuselongatus PCC 7942 Isobutyraldehyde, isobutanol Productivity of isobutyraldehyde of 6230 mg/L/hr was achieved, and 450 mg/L of isobutanol was produced in 6 days. [136]
Cyanobacteria Synechococcuselongatus PCC 7942 n-Butanol n-Butanol accumulation reached 14.5 mg/L in 7 days. [40]
Bio-diesel Algae Nannochloropsisoculata Lipids The maximal biomass and lipid productivity in a semi-continuous system were 0.480 and 0.142 g/L/d with 2% CO2 aeration. [137]
Algae Chlorella vulgaris Lipids The maximal biomass and lipid productivity were 3.83 g/L and 0.157 g/L/d with CO2 aeration rate of 0.5 vvm. [138]
Other chemicals Algae Porphyridiumaerugineum Polysaccharide ~2.5 mg/mL in 20 days. [139]
Proteobacteria Ralstoniaeutropha Methyl ketone 50-180 mg/L under chemolithoautotrophic growth conditions. [63]
Cyanobacteria Synechocystis sp.PCC 6803 Isoprene Accumulation of ~50 mg isoprene/g of dry cell weight/day. [140]
Cyanobacteria Synechocystis sp.PCC 6803 Sesquiterpene β-caryophyllene 3.7 μg of β-caryophyllene/g of dry cell weight/week. [47]
Yeast Trichosporon moniliiforme Salicylic acid Phenol was converted to salicylic acid with a 27% (mol/mol) yield at 30°C for 9 h. [107]
Table 3: Representative bio-based products derived from CO2.