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Vanesa Angarita-Zapata

Pennsylvania State University

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Synthetic BiologybioRxivPreprintJun 27, 2026

Engineering Methyl-Coenzyme M Reductase for Enhanced Methane and Carbon Dioxide Capture through Biofilm Growth

Hyeon‐Ji Hwang, Mrugesh Parasa, Ruchira Mitra…·Thomas Keith Wood

This paper engineers methyl-coenzyme M reductase (Mcr) to enhance methane and carbon dioxide capture by identifying beneficial substitutions that improve biofilm growth and methane capture.

DOI 10.64898/2026.06.26.734734

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Synthetic BiologybioRxivPreprintJun 4, 2026

Enhancing Reverse Methanogenesis Using RNA-Guided Silencing

Hyeon‐Ji Hwang, Ruchira Mitra, Rodolfo García‐Contreras…·Thomas Keith Wood

The paper enhances reverse methanogenesis by silencing the native Mcr gene in engineered archaea to boost methane conversion into ethanol and acetate.

DOI 10.64898/2026.06.03.729817

experimental assay

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