Day: April 5, 2022

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Lab engineers more efficient microbe for producing lactic acid from cellulose

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Researchers engineered microbes to better convert inexpensive, woody plants into lactic acid. Researchers working with the Center for Bioenergy Innovation have engineered a microbe to better produce lactic acid, which is valuable both economically and environmentally. A bacterium that was improved using laboratory-assisted evolution could eventually help supply the rapidly expanding lactic acid market. Beyond […]

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