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Pioneering research succeeds in producing industrially vital chemical through engineered bacteria.

Publication: Engineering Business Journal
Publication Date: 09-SEP-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
A team of South Korean scientists have succeeded in engineering the bacterium E. coli to produce the industrial chemical putrescine. The research, published in the journal Biotechnology and Bioengineering, provides a renewable alternative to the production of this important chemical which is traditionally created using fossil fuels.

Putrescine, a four carbon chain diamine, is an important platform chemical with a wide range of applications for the pharmaceutical, agrochemical and chemical industries. It is currently used to synthesize...

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