Mining Bacterial Blueprints Yields Novel Process for Creation of Fuel and Chemical Compounds
Tuesday, August 5, 2014 - 16:30
in Biology & Nature
A team of researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has identified the genes and enzymes that create a promising compound -- the 19 carbon furan-containing fatty acid (19Fu-FA). The compound has a variety of potential uses as a biological alternative for compounds currently derived from fossil fuels.