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December 26, 2012

Boosting Galactan Sugars Could Boost Biofuel Production
Berkeley CA (SPX) Dec 26, 2012
Galactan is a polymer of galactose, a six-carbon sugar that can be readily fermented by yeast into ethanol and is a target of interest for researchers in advanced biofuels produced from cellulosic biomass. Now an international collaboration led by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) has identified the first enzyme capable of substantially boosting the amount of galactan in plant cell walls. Unlike ethanol, advanced biofuels synthesized from the suga ... read more

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