Day: December 21, 2021

Oil in a bottle

Understanding microbe metabolism for more efficient ethanol production

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A study coordinated by the Center for Bioenergy Innovation defined key differences between two bacteria, a critical step in bioengineering microbes to produce ethanol more efficiently. The two bacteria studied have different strengths related to biofuel production. The first, called Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum, is relatively easy to genetically engineer so that it makes ethanol exclusively, without […]

Supported by the DOE Office of Science, Biological and Environmental Research