N2 gas is an effective fertilizer for bioethanol production by Zymomonas mobilis.
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SUBMITTER: Kremer TA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4343144 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb
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N2 gas is an effective fertilizer for bioethanol production by Zymomonas mobilis.
Kremer Timothy A TA LaSarre Breah B Posto Amanda L AL McKinlay James B JB
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20150202 7
A nascent cellulosic ethanol industry is struggling to become cost-competitive against corn ethanol and gasoline. Millions of dollars are spent on nitrogen supplements to make up for the low nitrogen content of the cellulosic feedstock. Here we show for the first time to our knowledge that the ethanol-producing bacterium, Zymomonas mobilis, can use N2 gas in lieu of traditional nitrogen supplements. Despite being an electron-intensive process, N2 fixation by Z. mobilis did not divert electrons a ...[more]
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