Team:UCSC/Project
About This Project
Continued usage of petroleum-based fuels has resulted in increased amounts of pollution due to their prolonged carbon chain. We hope to solve this problem by engineering a micro-organism to improve biofuel production. Haloferax Volcanii has a high tolerance for extreme salt environments and it would be ideal for a coupled pathway involving fermentation and deconstruction processes. We hope to improve the efficiency of this process and create a more sustainable method of bio-butanol production.
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