Oct 30 2010
iDiverse has proclaimed that it has changed the nature of yeast to become more resistant to various deadly strains that usually happen during the production of bio-ethanol fuel, thus resulting in considerable production of bio-ethanol fuel.
The Director of Business Development of iDiverse, Richard Schneeberger stated that they are happy with their first generation proven technology and are in the developing phase of the second-generation technology with better commercial features. The technology can be used in the present fuel ethanol production processes, which use sugar cane and corn as raw materials in the manufacturing processes and those that use cellulosic biomass as preliminary material, he added.
The President and CEO of iDiverse, John Burr said that the product has a huge economic bearing. If the technology is used widely, it can improve the effectiveness of the existing fuel ethanol facilities and the production of ethanol from sugar cane and core raw materials, he added. He further said that the technology could fill the gap in the fuel ethanol manufacturing process until the second-generation biomass facilities commence production and could be used to improve the production output of cellulosic biomass technologies under development.
Burr also added that the new technology would improve the efficiency of other bioproduction cell kinds such as insect, fungal, algal, cells and CHO and in the bioproduction of pharmaceuticals, industrial enzymes and research reagents.