Metabolic engineering in the development of a microbial cell factory that utilizes various brown algae carbohydrates and converts those sugars to bioethanol will play a key role in the commercialization of bioethanol production from brown algae.
Various metabolic engineering-related tools such as genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics enable us to develop microbial cell factories that contribute to the cost-effective production of ethanol.
In addition to bioethanol, metabolic engineering makes it possible to expand product lines such as bio-butanol, as well as other valuable chemicals and biopolymers.