Dec

22

Microbes Developed That Turn Sugar Into Gasoline Components

December 22, 2021 | Leave a Comment

University at Buffalo researchers report harnessing the wonders of biology and chemistry to turn glucose (a type of sugar) into olefins (a type of hydrocarbon, and one of several types of molecules that make up gasoline). The project was led by biochemists Zhen Q. Wang at the University at Buffalo and Michelle C. Y. Chang […]

Jan

17

E. Coli Cells Engineered Into Producing Serine

January 17, 2017 | Leave a Comment

Technical University of Denmark (DTU) scientists have engineered E. coli cells into producing large quantities of serine. (This link has a very informative sidebar.) Serine is used in detergents, tube feeding formula, and as building blocks for many important chemicals. In fact, serine has been mentioned as one of the 30 most promising biological substances […]

May

18

New Bacteria Makes Jet Fuel In A One Step Recipe

May 18, 2016 | Leave a Comment

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) researchers have engineered a strain of bacteria that enables a ‘one-pot’ method for producing advanced biofuels from a slurry of pre-treated plant material. LBNL’s achievement is a critical step in making biofuels a viable competitor to fossil fuels by streamlining the production process. The achievement is a critical step in […]

Nov

6

Bacteria Boosted to Produce More Isopentenol for Gasoline

November 6, 2014 | Leave a Comment

An international team of bioengineers has boosted the ability of bacteria to produce isopentenol, a compound with desirable gasoline properties. Isopentenol is a five-carbon alcohol that is a highly promising candidate for biogasoline, but, like other short-chained alcohols, is toxic to E.coli at commercial levels of fuel production. The finding, published in mBio®, the online […]

Oct

3

Gasoline Made by Engineered E Coli Bacteria

October 3, 2013 | 6 Comments

Distinguished Professor Sang Yup Lee of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has reported, for the first time, the development of a novel strategy for microbial gasoline production through the metabolic engineering of E. coli bacteria. The Institute’s scientists succeeded in producing 580 mg […]

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