Table 1.

Methanol production by encapsulated methanotrophs

Polymer	Methanotrophs	Methanol (mM)	References
Alginate	Methylocella tundrae	3.75	[14]
	Methylosinus sporium	3.43	[46]
	Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b	3.70	[13]
Polymer matrix	M. sporium	2.34	[11]
Silica-gel	M. sporium	3.73	[46]
Polyvinyl alcohol	M. sporium	1.94	[33]
	M. bryophila and M. stellata	5.37	This study