engineered yeast Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:14:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Engineered Yeast May Lead to Gasoline Substitute, MIT Finds https://www.greenoptimistic.com/engineered-yeast-gasoline-mit-20130220/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/engineered-yeast-gasoline-mit-20130220/#respond Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:14:05 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=33710 Researchers at MIT used engineered yeast to produce alcohol in the mitochondria. The mitochondria produce the energy in the cell, making them more efficient. Yeast has been used over millennia for two basic purposes, bread and alcohol, both of which keep the belly full and the heart happy. Hopefully not too full and not too happy, […]

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