News tagged with xylose
Commercial yeasts upgraded with an enzyme for biofuel production
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Eckhard Boles, co-founder of the Swiss biofuel company Butalco GmbH and a professor at Goethe-University in Frankfurt, Germany, has discovered a new enzyme which teaches yeast cells to ferment xylose into ethanol. Xylose ...
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Super-fermenting fungus genome sequenced
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Mar 05, 2007 |
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On the road to making biofuels more economically competitive with fossil fuels, there are significant potholes to negotiate. For cellulosic ethanol production, one major detour has being addressed with the characterization ...
Study applies neutrons to study hydrogen transfer in biological systems
May 16, 2006 |
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An innovative collaboration among scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Fox Chase Cancer Center and the University of Tennessee has successfully applied neutron diffraction to create a three-dimensional map of the ...
Biotech breakthrough could end biodiesel's glycerin glut
Jun 26, 2007 |
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With U.S. biodiesel production at an all-time high and a record number of new biodiesel plants under construction, the industry is facing an impending crisis over waste glycerin, the major byproduct of biodiesel production. ...
Producing bio-ethanol from agricultural waste a step closer
Jun 07, 2006 |
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Research conducted by Delft University of Technology has brought the efficient production of the environmentally-friendly fuel bio-ethanol a great deal closer to fruition. The work of Delft researcher Marko Kuyper was an ...
UCI and CODA Genomics collaborate to re-engineer yeast for biofuel production
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Sep 04, 2007 |
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Scientists from UC Irvine and CODA Genomics are partnering on new research aimed at turning a common strain of yeast used in the production of beer, wine and bread into an efficient producer of ethanol.
DOE JGI Director highlights the genomics of plant-based biofuels in the journal Nature
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Aug 13, 2008 |
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Genomics is accelerating improvements for converting plant biomass into biofuel—as an alternative to fossil fuel for the nation's transportation needs, reports Eddy Rubin, Director of the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome ...
New processing steps promise more economical ethanol production
Mar 30, 2006 |
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Why isn't ethanol production growing by leaps and bounds in the face of higher gasoline prices? Ethanol production from cornstarch is a $10 billion dollar business in the United States and 4 billion gallons of ethanol will ...
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