IIT Biology and Environmental Engineering Researchers Explore How VHb Enhances Ethanol Production in E Coli in Diverse Growth Media
Originally published on February 8, 2012 in IIT Today
A 3D depiction of the VHb dimmer
Biology and environmental engineering researchers at IIT describe how Vitreoscilla hemoglobin (VHb) can enhance ethanol production in Escherichia coli in a variety of growth media by increasing the oxygen supply in a new article in Biomass and Bioenergy. The work is an important step in research in the production of ethanol from biomass.
Longtime collaborators Ben Stark, professor of biology, and Krishna Pagilla, professor of environmental engineering, and graduate students Stephanie Kunkel, Jia Wang and Marina Arnaldos teamed up on the research, published in the article "Vitreoscilla hemoglobin enhances ethanol production by Escherichia coli in a variety of growth media" in February 2012. More >
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