UCLA researchers make progress on cellulosic isobutanol process

March 29, 2016 |

In California, researchers at UCLA are manipulating the cellular metabolism of bacteria to produce isobutanol from cellulosic feedstock. Following nine years of research, the team of 25 researchers can now produce 5g of isobutanol in three days at lab level. The bacteria researched can withstand very high levels of pH, an added benefit to reducing costs in the overall fuel production process. The study was published last month in Nature and finishes up in the next year with funding from the DOE and the UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics.

Category: Research

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