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Jet Biofuel Produced with New E-coli Strain

Courtney Lepping — Thu, 12 May 2016 05:56:04 +0000

Ten years ago, who would have thought that in 2016 scientists would be using bacteria to transform switchgrass biomass into D-limonene, a precursor for bio-jet fuel? Regardless of doubts in biofuel uses, the global commercial airline industry is behind such methods. Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory recently engineered a [C2C1Im]-tolerant E. coli strain to […]

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Korean Research University Metabolically Engineers E. coli to Produce Gasoline

Leigh Hutchens — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 02:10:34 +0000

On September 29, a Korean research team led by Distinguished Professor Sang Yup Lee of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) published a paper entitled Microbial Production of Short-chain Alkanes. The paper discussed a groundbreaking new strategy for microbial gasoline production through metabolic engineering […]

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Bio-Battery Using E-Coli Bacteria Developed by Students

Mila Luleva — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 20:18:26 +0000

Students from Bielefeld engineered a bio-battery, which converts glucose into energy using Escherichia coli (E-Coli) bacteria. Their project aims to find an alternative energy source, which reduces environmental pollution caused by used batteries. If successful, the new bio-battery will enter one of the biggest and most important student competitions in synthetic biology: ‘international Genetically Engineered Machine competition’ […]

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E. Coli Infections on the Rise After Plastic Bag Ban

Leigh Hutchens — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 22:08:08 +0000

San Francisco’s ban on plastic bags is having major repercussions on public health, according to professors at the University of Pennsylvania and George Mason University. San Francisco has been at the global forefront in the ban on the use of non-compostable plastic bags. The ban was gradually phased into effect, and became fully enforced in […]

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Self-Aware E.coli Bacteria Producing Three Times More Biofuel

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:25:29 +0000

Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley have improved the way that genetically-modified E.coli bacteria can produce biofuels from ethanol and fatty acids. They have developed a genetic sensor that allows the bacteria to regulate their gene expression as a response to varying levels of ethanol or fatty acids. So far, the biofuel production by […]

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Heavily Modified E.Coli Bacteria to Make Biodiesel for Our Cars – Safe or Not?

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:56:37 +0000

E.coli is often associated with food poisoning and sickness. An associate professor of computer science at Rutgers University in Camden, Desmond Lun, is trying to perform a computer simulation of how E.coli could be genetically modified to produce more fatty acids, and hence biodiesel.

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