Boosting Galactan Sugars Could Boost Biofuel Production
JBEI's Henrik Scheller led a collaboration that identified the first enzyme linked to galactan synthesis. Galactan is a six-carbon sugar that can be readily fermented by yeast.
Discovery resurrects process to convert sugar directly to diesel.
A long-abandoned fermentation process once used to turn starch into explosives can be used to produce renewable diesel fuel