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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
chemistry
Microbes and the Next Nitrogen Revolution
Environmental Science and Technology, Volume 51, No. 13, Year 2017
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The Haber Bosch process is among the greatest inventions of the 20th century. It provided agriculture with reactive nitrogen and ultimately mankind with nourishment for a population of 7 billion people. However, the present agricultural practice of growing crops for animal production and human food constitutes a major threat to the sustainability of the planet in terms of reactive nitrogen pollution. In view of the shortage of directly feasible and cost-effective measures to avoid these planetary nitrogen burdens and the necessity to remediate this problem, we foresee the absolute need for and expect a revolution in the use of microbes as a source of protein. Bypassing land-based agriculture through direct use of Haber Bosch produced nitrogen for reactor-based production of microbial protein can be an inspiring concept for the production of high quality animal feed and even straightforward supply of proteinaceous products for human food, without significant nitrogen losses to the environment and without the need for genetic engineering to safeguard feed and food supply for the generations to come. © 2017 American Chemical Society.
Authors & Co-Authors
Rabaey, Korneel
Belgium, Ghent
Universiteit Gent
Bodirsky, Benjamin Leon
Germany, Potsdam
Potsdam Institut Fur Klimafolgenforschung
Popp, Alexander
Germany, Potsdam
Potsdam Institut Fur Klimafolgenforschung
Herrero, Mario
Australia, Canberra
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Verstraete, Willy Henry
Belgium, Ghent
Universiteit Gent
Statistics
Citations: 81
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1021/acs.est.7b00916
ISSN:
0013936X
Research Areas
Environmental
Food Security
Genetics And Genomics
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study