A new study reveals a method to improve sugarcane bioethanol production by identifying contaminant strains that affect fermentation efficiency, potentially boosting revenue by $1.6 billion and cutting CO2 emissions by 2 million tons annually in Brazil.
A new method for monitoring contamination in bioethanol production could boost industry revenue by over $1.6 billion USD and cut CO2 emissions by 2 million tons.
For the first time ever, researchers at The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability (DTU Biosustain) have investigated the contaminant population from the sugarcane bioethanol production process at strain-level resolution. This pioneering study reveals how strain dynamics are directly involved in process performance, emphasizing the need for improved microbial control techniques to enhance industrial efficiency. The research results are recently published in DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49683-2
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