Essays about: "Biofuels biotechnology"
Found 3 essays containing the words Biofuels biotechnology.
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1. Activity and synergistic action on cellulosic substrates of engineered product-site variants of Hypocrea jecorina Cel7A
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Molecular Biology (until 131231)Abstract : Cellobiohydrolase Cel7A (Hje_Cel7A) from the ascomycete fungus Hypocrea jecorina is the major component of enzyme cocktails for degradation of plant biomass to soluble sugars for conversion to biofuels. It’s active site is enclosed in a cellulose-binding tunnel and it is able to processively cleave off several cellobiose units from the end of a cellulose chain before being released. READ MORE
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2. GM Plants in Green Economies: A Risk of Necessity?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutetAbstract : What this paper endeavors to achieve is an exploration into the issues behind and within the debate surrounding the inclusion of GM plants in a green economic framework. What is first described is the green economic framework, what it is, how it works, why it is desired. READ MORE
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3. Ethanol and glucose tolerance of M.indicus in aerobic and anaerobic conditions
University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Institutionen IngenjörshögskolanAbstract : Over the last few decades, ethanol production from renewable resources has been of interest as an alternative fuel to the current fossil fuel, due to the unstable oil market and in order to decrease net emission of carbon dioxide which leads to global warming. According to analyses of DG Transport and Energy (TREN), it is not possible to reach the current biofuels directive promoting 5,75 % biofuel by the year 2010, due to the markets and technologies, but by the year 2020 achievement of 6. READ MORE
