Development of a Microbial Factory for Efficient Conversion of Biodiesel Glycerol to Value-Added Products
The objective of this research project is to develop genetic engineering and metabolic engineering tools to enable the Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria to function as microbial factory for converting biodiesel glycerol to value-added products to improve the long-term sustainability of biodiesel industry and generate new income for farmers and agricultural industries.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Program Information: Advanced Research, Biobased Research
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $298937
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Sponsor Organizations:
Research and Innovative Technology Administration
Office of Research, Development, and Technology
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20590 -
Project Managers:
Johnson, Shawn
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Performing Organizations:
Auburn University
Auburn, AL United States 36830 -
Principal Investigators:
Suh, Sang-Jin
- Start Date: 20071101
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 20120731
- Source Data: RiP Project 31356
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Agricultural industry; Bacteria; Biodiesel fuels; Energy conversion; Microbiology
- Uncontrolled Terms: Glycerol; Value added
- Subject Areas: Energy; Transportation (General); I15: Environment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01467546
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Department of Transportation
- Files: RIP, USDOT
- Created Date: Jan 3 2013 3:35PM