STTR Phase I: Engineering Geobacter for Enhanced Electricity Production

Genomatica Inc, San Diego CA

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Abstract

0420048 Mahadevan This Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I project proposes to improve the bioelectrical energy generation capacity of the micro-organism Geobacter sulfurreducens through a novel metabolic engineering approach based on an integrated computational and experimental strategy. The commercial application of this project will be in the area of biomass processing, for conversion of waste biomass to value added products (i.e. electricity).