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LEVITA
LEVITA - Towards sustainable microbial production of itaconic and levulinic acids
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- Acronym
- LEVITA
- Title
LEVITA - Towards sustainable microbial production of itaconic and levulinic acids
- Summary
- The LEVITA project aimed to develop sustainable microbial processes for the production of itaconic and levulinic acids, two valuable platform chemicals for the bio-based industry. By exploring yeast-based production systems and metabolic engineering strategies, the project sought to establish efficient and sustainable alternatives to conventional chemical production.
- Project webpage
- LEVITA (opens in a new tab)
- Start year
- 2014
- End year
- 2014
- Role
- Principal Investigator
- Budget
- -
- Principal investigator
- Prof. Nuno P. Mira
- Project partners
- -
- Status
- Completed
- Funding
- ERA-SynBio Twinning Programme (ERA-NET Synthetic Biology)