Triple-threat genetic toolkit aids with eco-friendly chemical production

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment) To reduce dependence on nonrenewable fossil fuels, scientists are investigating renewable biomass as a host for valuable compound production. Generating economically competitive quantities of these bioproducts involves metabolic engineering: editing cells' genetic blueprint. Researchers at the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) have developed a set of three genetic tools to aid in manufacturing organic acid with the yeast strain I. orientalis.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - Category: Biology Source Type: news