Designing microbes that make energy-dense biofuels without sugar
Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 06:00
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org) -- With metabolically engineered microorganisms hungry for levulinic acid rather than sugar, a UW-Madison chemical and biological engineer aims to create more sustainable, cost-effective processes for converting biomass into high-energy-density hydrocarbon fuels.