
@MichaelKoepke80
We started on this journey over a decade ago, but when we first introduced acetone biosynthesis enzymes into C. autoethanogenum only low levels (few mM) of acetone was produced & genetic tools were still in its infancy (link below for history on tool development)
Michael Köpke 🏭💨+🧬🦠=♻️⛽🧴🧵 @MichaelKoepke80
10 years ago,engineering acetogenic clostridia was considered impossible. Today,we have new tools thanks to help from some friends & hard work by
@LanzaTech’s SynBio team
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