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Posted Mon Sep 30 2013: from The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology: Novel Technology to Produce Gasoline by a Metabolically-Engineered Microorganism http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1380552074 Scientists succeeded in producing 580 mg of gasoline per litre of cultured broth by converting in vivo generated fatty acid... The research team engineered the fatty acid metabolism to provide the fatty acid derivatives that are shorter than normal intracellular fatty acid metabolites, and introduced a novel synthetic pathway for the biosynthesis of short-chain alkanes. This allowed the development of platform E. coli strain capable of producing gasoline for the first time. Furthermore, this platform strain, if desired, can be modified to produce other products such as short-chain fatty esters and short-chain fatty alcohols. [Read more stories about: technological innovation, efficiency increase] New!: No reader quips yet -- be the first! Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

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