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Microbial production of fatty-acid-derived fuels and chemicals from plant biomass

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  • Eric J. Steen

    (Joint BioEnergy Institute,
    Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center, 5885 Hollis Avenue, Emeryville, California 94608, USA
    Departmient of Bioengineering,)

  • Yisheng Kang

    (Joint BioEnergy Institute,
    QB3 Institute,)

  • Gregory Bokinsky

    (Joint BioEnergy Institute,
    QB3 Institute,)

  • Zhihao Hu

    (LS9, Inc., 100 Kimball Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, USA)

  • Andreas Schirmer

    (LS9, Inc., 100 Kimball Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, USA)

  • Amy McClure

    (LS9, Inc., 100 Kimball Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, USA)

  • Stephen B. del Cardayre

    (LS9, Inc., 100 Kimball Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, USA)

  • Jay D. Keasling

    (Joint BioEnergy Institute,
    Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center, 5885 Hollis Avenue, Emeryville, California 94608, USA
    Departmient of Bioengineering,
    QB3 Institute,)

Abstract

Making more of biomass Plant and animal oils are the raw materials for the manufacture of many biofuels, surfactants, solvents and lubricants. The growing demand and limited supply of these oils is resulting in competition with food, rising prices and environmental concerns associated with their production. A sustainable alternative is to produce these products directly from abundant and cost-effective renewable resources by fermentation. Jay Keasling and colleagues have developed a promising way of doing just that. They engineer Escherichia coli bacteria to produce more complex biofuels — fatty esters and fatty alcohols — direct from simple sugars. They go on to further engineer the E. coli to secrete hemi-cellulases, so that the bacteria can produce these potential biofuels direct from hemicellulose, a major component of plant-derived biomass.

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  • Eric J. Steen & Yisheng Kang & Gregory Bokinsky & Zhihao Hu & Andreas Schirmer & Amy McClure & Stephen B. del Cardayre & Jay D. Keasling, 2010. "Microbial production of fatty-acid-derived fuels and chemicals from plant biomass," Nature, Nature, vol. 463(7280), pages 559-562, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:463:y:2010:i:7280:d:10.1038_nature08721
    DOI: 10.1038/nature08721
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