JBEI enzyme discovery enables first microbial production of aromatic hydrocarbon toluene, a widely used octane booster

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By mmillikinMar 27, 2018, 6:00 am99 pts
Researchers at the US Department of Energy Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have discovered a new enzyme that will enable microbial production of a renewable alternative to petroleum-based toluene, a widely used octane booster in gasoline that has a…

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