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  • Mascoma Announces Breakthrough: Cellulosic Ethanol Without Added Cellulases

    May 7

    Mascoma announced a bioprocessing breakthrough of sorts. The breakthrough relates to what the company is calling consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) – a transformational technology which the DOE/USDA 2006 Roadmap called “the ultimate low-cost configuration for cellulose hydrolysis and fermentation.” CBP  eliminates the need for adding enzymes to process pretreated lignocellulose into ethanol by integrating their production into the processing step. Estimates provided by Mascoma suggest a 60-% reduction in cost using CBP. You can bet that enzyme developers and producers such as Codexis, Danisco, and Novozymes are not cheering this breakthrough.

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