Industrial Scale Production of Succinate from Genetically Engineered E. coli
Filed in archive Microbiology by ruth on August 24, 2005
, an industrial scale production of succinate from genetically engineered E.coli will commence in Kansas, USA.
"Succinate is a high-priority chemical that the U.S. Department of Energy has targeted for biosynthesis," said process co-developer George Bennett, of Rice University. "One reason for this is succinate's broad utility -- it can be used to make everything from non-corrosive airport de-icers and non-toxic solvents to plastics, drugs and food additives."
The researchers are also collaborating with Manhattan, Kansas-based AgRenew Inc., which just began testing how to use farm-grown products like grain sorghum as feedstocks for the succinate-producing bacteria.
Praveen Vadlani, principal research scientist for AgRenew, says
"We are excited about the prospects this project offers to meet a market need for the benefit of both institutions and American agriculture itself. We also appreciate the support of the U.S. Department of Agriculture for this work to create another high-value product from agriculture."
Read the press release here.
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