Tag: "fermenting" at biology news

Green diesel: New process makes liquid transportation fuel from plants

...the energy required to make ethanol is consumed in fermenting and distilling corn. As a result, ethanol production creates 1.1 units of energy for every unit of energy consumed. In the UW-Madison process, the desired alkanes spontaneously separate from water. No additional heating or distillation is required. T...

Environmental metagenomics diagnosing extreme environments, tapping opportunities for clean energy

...-capable of generating two liters of hydrogen from fermenting just one sheet of paper. Rubin will discuss thes...ese polymers are broken down into simple sugars by fermenting microbes in the termite's gut, using enzymes that produce hydrogen as a byproduct. "It's not as if...

'Failed' experiment yields a biocontrol agent that doesn't trigger antibiotic resistance

...d Burgess, wine enthusiasts who are as comfortable fermenting grapes as they are transforming bacterial plasmids, partnered with students from the Weinert Applied Ventures Program at the UW-Madison School of Business to develop a plan for ConjuGon. One of the students, Sal Braico, ultimately became Chief Opera...

Super-fermenting fungus genome sequenced

... numerous genes in P. stipitis responsible for its fermenting and cellulose-bioconverting prowess, and an analysis of these metabolic pathways, is featured in the March 4 advanced online publication of Nature Biotechnology. P. stipitis is the most proficient microbial fermenter in nature of the five-carbon “w...

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