From Bagasse to Ethanol in Louisiana

Year Published
1998

From Bagasse to Ethanol in Louisiana

--------------.  1998.  Biomass ethanol holds enormous potential, as an alternative fuel that will increase the nation’s energy independence, benefit the environment and free needed food resources. The BC International technology makes use of the hemicellulose by replacing the yeast-based fermentation process with a genetically engineered bacterium. Dubbed “KO11,” the organism was developed in 1987 by Dr. Lonnie Ingram. From Bagasse to Ethanol in Louisiana. Sugar y Azucar, November 1998:26-28.