METHOD TO SYNTHESIZE FORMIC ACID FROM CO2 USING METHYLOTROPHIC BACTERIA

摘要

The present invention relates to a synthesis method of formic acid, for electrochemically reducing carbon dioxide by using methylotrophic bacteria using electricity as a reducing agent, an electron supply source, and an electron carrier. Specifically, the methylotrophic bacteria, as a strain of the genus Methylobacterium, can synthesize formic acid from carbon dioxide by receiving the electron supply source obtained by hydrolysis in an electrochemical reaction device from the electron carrier. The method of the present invention is capable of performing a reaction in mild conditions at atmospheric pressure and room temperature, different from the existing process, and has no risk of a process.