Patent
A patent application entitled “Paraformaldehyde as fermentation feedstock” has been filed.

Articles
Bioproducts from renewable methanol: The paraformaldehyde approach
Jan A.M. de Bont, Bram J. Visscher, Timo J.P. van Roosmalen, Jan Wery, Bart W. Swinkels and Ger G. Bemer (2025).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2025.03.004

Renewable methanol as fermentation feedstock: The paraformaldehyde gambit
Jan A. M. de Bont, Bram J. Visscher, Timo J. P. van Roosmalen, Jan Wery, Bart W. Swinkels, Ger G. Bemer (2025).
https://kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fauthors.elsevier.com%2Fa%2F1lOTNc9XEr8WO/1/01020197e4de616a-0ba7e566-2116-4fb9-9066-c5175123993e-000000/nhzgsXiZ7E__-TYEGHgVReScz0s=433

Follow-up work performed
In follow-up experiments (unpublished work) with Methylophilus methylotrophus, balances have been obtained for substrate/biomass and for ratio’s oxygen/carbon dioxide further demonstrating that paraformaldehyde is a suitable carbon source in cultivating this organism.