Petrochemical precursors from microbial fermenttion (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Petrochemical precursors from microbial fermenttion

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Researchers from UC Berkeley and the NSF Center for Sustainable Polymers at the University of Minnesota have developed a chemical technology that combines fermentation and chemical refining (center panels) to produce petroleum-like liquids (right) from renewable plants (left).

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Image by John Beumer, courtesy of NSF Center for Sustainable Polymers

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