Modular and selective biosynthesis of gasoline-range alkanes

Typical renewable liquid fuel alternatives to gasoline are not entirely compatible with current infrastructure. We have engineered Escherichia coli to selectively produce alkanes found in gasoline (propane, butane, pentane, heptane, and nonane) from renewable substrates such as glucose or glycerol....

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Main Authors: Sheppard, Micah James, Kunjapur, Aditya Mohan, Prather, Kristala L
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Elsevier 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/108077
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0437-3157
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6869-9530

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