Taiwan team engineers E. coli to produce n-butanol from glycerol
Green Car Congress
JULY 5, 2017
Researchers at Feng Chia University in Taiwan have engineered the bacterium Escherichia coli to produce n-butanol from crude glycerol—a byproduct of the production of biodiesel. Among alternative fuels, n-butanol is superior to ethanol in terms of energy density, volatility, and hygroscopicity.
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