Mining bacterial blueprints yields novel process for creation of fuel and chemical compounds
Tuesday, August 5, 2014 - 05:00
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org) —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.