September 26, 2014

ORNL TEAM FIRST TO FULLY SEQUENCE BACTERIAL GENOME IMPORTANT TO FUEL AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTION




Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are the first team to sequence the entire genome of the Clostridium autoethanogenum bacterium, which is used to sustainably produce fuel and chemicals from a range of raw materials, including gases derived from biomass and industrial wastes.