Global Bioenergies Creates Bacterial Archetype for Producing Isobutene from Glucose

Global Bioenergies, located in Evry, France at the Genopole campus has successfully created a bacterial prototype for producing isobutene from glucose. This process is reliant upon the bacterial strain usage that harbors an artificial metabolic pathway that has been created by Global Bioenergies.

Global Bioenergies has reached the key milestone in terms of process development towards transforming renewable resources to gaseous isobutene, otherwise called as methylpropene or isobutylene. A bacterial strain series was initially developed for producing isobutene by way of transforming glucose.

Though the company has achieved its goal in the bio-production of isobutene, efforts are on now towards concentrating upon both the scale as well as the rate of fermentation. Pilot tests have been planned for this phase which will be requiring new financial investment too. Additionally, a process designer and co-founder has mentioned that the bacterium have been taught to convert glucose into isobutene through a totally novel and innovative process.