Results and Publications

Research Areas & Activities Solar Energy Biomass Energy Sythesis of Biofuels on Bioelectrodes Capturing Electrical Current via Microbes to Produce Methane Efficient, Highly Productive Hydrogen Production from Glucose Novel Mutants Optimized for Lignin, Growth and Biofuel Production via Re-Mutagenesis The Climate-Protective Domain Efficient Biomass Conversion: Delineating the Best Lignin Monomer-Substitutes Assembly of a Lignin Modification Toolbox Towards New Degradable Lignin Types Microbial Synthesis of Biodiesel Directed Evolution of Novel Yeast Species Genetic Engineering of Cellulose Accumulation Hydrogen Advanced Combustion CO₂ Capture CO₂ Storage Advanced Materials & Catalysts Advanced Coal Advanced Transportation Advanced Electric Grid Grid Storage Other Renewables Integrated Assessment Advanced Nuclear Energy Geoengineering Exploratory Efforts All Activities Analysis Activities Technical Reports

Research

Microbial Synthesis of Biodiesel

Start Date: September 2006
Status: Completed

Investigator

Chaitan Khosla, Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, and (by courtesy) Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University

Annual Reports

Publications

Liu, T., H. Vora, and C. Khosla. “Quantitative analysis and engineering of fatty acid biosynthesis in E. coli.” Metabolic Eng. (In press, 2010).
Lu, X., H. Vora, and C. Khosla. “Overproduction of free fatty acids in E. coli: implications for biodiesel production.” Metabolic Eng. 10, 333-339 (2008).

Updated February 2011