Fe metabolic engineering method succeeds in producing 1,2,4-butanetriol sustainably from biomass

ScienceDaily
Sep 6, 2019, 9:27 am114 pts
A more environmentally-friendly and sustainable method of producing the useful chemical 1,2,4-butanetriol has been discovered. The team utilized a method involving the direct fermentation of xylose in rice straw using an engineered yeast strain to produce 1,2,4-butanetriol.

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