Breakthrough on synthetic renewable propane to help fuel the next generation of biofuels

04/10/2015 - 00:00


This study provides new insight and understanding of the development of next-generation biofuels.  In this latest study, published in the journal Biotechnology for Biofuels,scientists at the University’s Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB), working with colleagues at Imperial College London and University of Turku, have created a synthetic pathway for biosynthesis of the gas propane. Their work brings scientists one  step closer to the commercial production of renewable propane, a vital development as fossil fuels continue to dwindle.

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Ref: A microbial platform for renewable propane synthesis based on a fermentative butanol pathway. Biotechnology for Biofuels 2015, 8:61 | DOI:10.1186/s13068-015-0231-1