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06 2015
Monitoring Alkane Synthesis with Fluorescent Biosensor
Producing aliphatic hydrocarbon biofuels using microorganisms has been an attractive idea since the discovery of the natural alkane-producing species and various alkane synthesis pathways. Though many efforts have been made to improve the hyd...
10
06 2015
Clostridium cellulolyticum and other cellulolytic clostridium strains can degrade lignocellulose and produce lignocellulosic biofuels and chemicals. The Metabolomics Group of Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) i...
09
06 2015
Microalgal triacylglycerols (TAGs) are one of the most promising feedstocks for biofuel production. By systematically analyzing the lipid accumulation and metabolic mechanism of microalgae, the Metabolomics Group in Qingdao Institute of Bioen...
02
05 2015
Phytohormones are a class of signaling molecules that are produced intrinsically in plants. In higher plants, phytohormones are usually synthesized in one location and then transported to another location, exerting their physiological effects...
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04 2015
Efficient biological degradation of cellulosic biomass has been recognized as one major bottleneck in production of cellulosic liquid fuels or biogas, and as the one key step in the carbon cycle of biosphere. In a new work published online in...
17
04 2015
The fascinating roles of two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials in natural super-strong bio-composites (i.e. aragonite platelets in nacre and apatite platelets in bone) have aroused great interest in scientific communities to synthesize their artificial counterparts with controllable geometric and physical properties. Though much endeavor has been made to achieve a shape/size controlling synthesis, the lateral dimension of 2D Au nanocrystals had been long limited within the microscopic scale. In 2015, Prof. Chaoxu Li at the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), Chinese Academy of Sciences, reported that amyloid fibrils, a unique type of protein assembling nanostructures, may help extend the lateral length of 2D Au nanocrystals close to half a millimeter.
The fascinating roles of two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials in natural super-strong bio-composites (i.e. aragonite platelets in nacre and apatite platelets in bone) have aroused great interest in scientific communities to synthesize their art...
