NREL Produces Ethylene via Photosynthesis; Breakthrough Offers Cleaner Alternative for Transportation Fuels (Fact Sheet)

NREL Produces Ethylene via Photosynthesis; Breakthrough Offers Cleaner Alternative for Transportation Fuels (Fact Sheet)

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NREL scientists have demonstrated a way to produce ethylene through photosynthesis, a breakthrough that could lead to more environmentally friendly ways to produce a variety of materials, chemicals, and transportation fuels. The scientists introduced a gene into a cyanobacterium and demonstrated that the organism remains stable through at least four generations, producing ethylene gas that can beeasily captured. In the laboratory, the organism, Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, produced 720 milligrams of ethylene per liter each day.

Original language	American English
State	Published - 2013

NREL Publication Number

NREL/FS-6A42-59009

Keywords

bacterium
blue-green algae
carbon dioxide
cyanobacteria
ethylene
gene
genetic engineering
greenhouse gas emissions (GHG)
photosynthesis
Synechocystis sp. 6803 PCC

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