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Microbes can convert CO2 into biofuel, useful chemicals - University of Delaware

Objective/theme

To reduce carbon emissions into the atmosphere and curb climate change, researchers are turning to an interesting ally: bacteria that consume biomass sugars and CO2.

Process & benefits

Researchers developing a system to produce bioenergy from a mix of microbes that can convert carbon dioxide into useful chemicals.

These projects will “develop technologies to explore innovative synthetic fermentation and biorefining processes that can be used across the range of energy, transportation, and agriculture spaces anywhere where biorefining is used to make processes more efficient and lower carbon emissions.”

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