Engineered bacteria show promise for sustainable biofuel industry, researchers say
E-Mail IMAGE: Scientists from Hiroshima University and AIST in Japan engineered the bacterium Moorella thermoacetica to produce a volatile chemical from gaseous substrates at high temperature. It will realize economical thermophilic syngas... view more Credit: Yutaka Nakashimada, Hiroshima University Acetone, a volatile solvent used for everything from removing nail polish and cleaning textiles to manufacturing plastics, could get a sustainability boost from a new strain of bacteria engineered by a research team based in Japan. They published the details of the heat-loving, aceton...
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