Biological wizardry ferments carbon monoxide into biofuel
Tuesday, July 26, 2016 - 13:01
in Earth & Climate
Cornell University biological engineers have deciphered the cellular strategy to make the biofuel ethanol, using an anaerobic microbe feeding on carbon monoxide – a common industrial waste gas. “Instead of having the waste go to waste, you make it into something you want,” said Ludmilla Aristilde, assistant professor in biological and environmental engineering. “In order […]