Nature – Dranseike et al. (2025): Photosynthetic living materials for dual CO₂ sequestration via biomass growth and carbonate precipitation
Dalia Dranseike, Yifan Cui, Andrea S. Ling, Felix Donat, Stéphane Bernhard, Margherita Bernero, Akhil Areeckal, Marco Lazic, Xiao-Hua Qin, John S. Oakey, Benjamin Dillenburger, André R. Studart & Mark W. Tibbitt IN: Nature Communications, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58761-y
The authors engineer a photosynthetic living material for dual CO₂ sequestration that leverages biomass production and insoluble carbonate formation via microbially induced carbonate precipitation (MICP). To achieve this, they immobilize photosynthetic microorganisms within a printable polymeric network. Digital design and fabrication of the living structures ensure sufficient light access and nutrient supply to encapsulated cyanobacteria, enabling long-term culture for over a year.