Scicomm, Biofuels, Synthetic Biology, Biological Products.
able to construct a strain of yeast that produces around 130 milligrams/liter (mg/L) of butanol(2) — we refer to this quantity as the titer. Unfortunately, yeast is still not able to tolerate high enough levels of butanol to efficiently produce biofuel. Using Synechococcus elongates, a type of