Microbial Ionic Liquid Resistance (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Microbial Ionic Liquid Resistance

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Joint BioEnergy Institute researchers identified the genetic origins of a resistance to ionic liquids found in Enterobacter lignolyticus, a soil bacterium discovered in a rainforest in Puerto Rico.

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Image courtesy of Michael Thelen, Joint BioEnergy Institute

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