fermentation

Improving simple sugar production from forest residuals

March 31, 2015 charles.dillon2

Flow diagram of experiment in Cheng et al. Biotechnology for Biofuels 2015 8:22

Up to 75% of wood is made of simple sugars. For the NARA project, these simple sugars are the molecules used to make biojet fuel. Even though simple sugars are abundant in wood, making them available for …more

Harvesting valuable chemicals from fermented sugars

November 25, 2014 charles.dillon2

Volatile fatty acids identified in this article.

Fermentation is a biological process that can convert the simple sugars from wood and other cellulosic-based feedstocks into chemical products and represents a key step in the conversion processes evaluated by NARA to convert wood residuals into biojet fuel. Gevo Inc, a NARA member, relies on specialized yeast to …more