
First Microbial Synthesis of Biofuel Precursor Sabinene Acheived
Researchers from Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology have found a way to use an engineered E. coli strain to create a biosynthetic form of sabinene — a naturally occurring precursor for aircraft biofuels — from sugar cane. Currently, sabinene is extracted from plants, but in such small amounts as ... Read more »