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First Step for Ethanol-Producing Microbes

Posted on September 18, 2008

A team of researchers from Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering and Mascoma Corporation say they have found a way to produce genetically engineered bacteria that ferment cellulose to produce ethanol more efficiently.The group reported last week that, tor the first time, they have been able to genetically engineer a thermophilic bacterium, capable of growing at high temperatures, and this new microorganism makes ethanol as the only product of its fermentation. Our discovery is one potential avenue for research to facilitate turning inedible cellulosic biomass, including wood, grass, and v...

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