Patent ID: 11891646
Assignee: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Field: Biotechnology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  Y | IPC C

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising
(a) culturing in a liquid medium a first organism in the presence of a carbon source under aerobic conditions suitable for the first organism to oxidize the carbon source, wherein the conditions are oxidizing conditions, wherein the first organism produces CO2 as part of the oxidation process; and
(b) culturing in a liquid medium a second organism in the presence of CO2 produced in (a) under anaerobic conditions suitable for the second organism to reduce the CO2, wherein the conditions are reducing conditions, wherein the second organism produces a carbon substrate as part of the reduction process;
wherein the culturing of (a) and of (b) is carried out in separate fermenters; and
wherein the carbon substrate produced in (b) is used as a carbon source by the organism of (a).