To develop pathways for advanced biofuel production， and to understand the impact of host metabolism and environmental conditions on heterologous pathway engineering for economic advanced biofuels production from biomass， we seek to redirect the carbon flow of the model ethanologen Zymomonas mobilis to produce desirable hydrocarbon intermediate 2，3-butanediol (2，3-BDO). 2，3-BDO is a bulk chemical building block， and can be upgraded in high yields to gasoline， diesel， and jet fuel.
To develop pathways for advanced biofuel production， and to understand the impact of host metabolism and environmental conditions on heterologous pathway engineering for economic advanced biofuels production from biomass， we seek to redirect the carbon flow of the model ethanologen Zymomonas mobilis to produce desirable hydrocarbon intermediate 2，3-butanediol (2，3-BDO). 2，3-BDO is a bulk chemical building block， and can be upgraded in high yields to gasoline， diesel， and jet fuel.
