A team of scientists has reported an electrochemical reduction reaction pathway that can avoid *CO dimerization to produce 1-butanol from CO2 using copper phosphide as a cathode Human activities like ...

In a push to find better biofuels to reduce gasoline consumption and lower greenhouse-gas emissions, scientists have genetically engineered E. coli that is highly efficient in producing butanol, a ...

The fermentative production of butanol offers a promising route towards sustainable biofuels and platform chemicals, harnessing the natural metabolic capabilities of microorganisms, particularly ...

The assembly of chimeric synthetic pathways in cell factories will enable production of novel fuels and chemicals by microbial fermentation. The assembly of five enzymes for production of 1-butanol in ...

Green Biologics, a biobased chemical firm headquartered in the UK and with operations in the US, has run out of money and will wind down operations. The company produces acetone and 1-butanol via ...