Daicel and Chitose to collaborate on C-4 chemicals from glycerol

Daicel has collaborative research with Nihon University, using wild-type bacteria, which produce erythritol from glycerin. Chitose is a specialist in bacterial mutagenesis and has developed a process for microbial butanediol production. Both companies will collaborate to improve the yield of various C-4 compounds from glycerol.

Nikkei Biotech news release, October 24, 2018

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