Researching bacteria enzyme production could lead to the manufacturing of sustainable bio-plastics.
Faculty Mentor: David Nielsen
Enhancing Inorganic Carbon Absorption and Fixation by Cyanobacteria using Amine Absorbents
The development of sustainable efforts to capture carbon dioxide emissions are important to mitigate the effects of climate change. Bioprocesses from cyanobacteria are a promising technology to fix CO2 into useful biofuels. Several issues limit the viability of this use, one of which is the low solubility of CO2 in water limiting the rate of
Strain and Process Development for Detoxifying Biomass
Furfural (2-furaldehyde) is a toxic by-product of lignocellulose, an accessible biomass, and reduces the bioprocess specific growth rates, product yields, and productivities of fermenting bacteria and yeast. C. basilensis, a soil bacterium, is capable of growing on furfural as its sole carbon and energy source. Through adaptive learning evolution and UV mutagenesis, a mutant strain
