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would act like minifactories, spewing out butanetriol as they go about their normal life functions. This process is "at the cutting edge of both civilian and military science," explains Bright.

In contrast to the high-pressure, high-temperature chemical process to produce butanetriol, the microbes require only air, sugar, and salts in a warm-water environment. Once they've produced the butanetriol and lived out their lives, they are killed and then disposed of in a standard municipal sewage treatment facility.

As an added bonus, butanetriol is also a precursor to two cholesterol-lowering drugs. Says Frost, "This is a classic example of dual use for molecules between pharmaceutical and defense applications."


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Contact: Jennifer Huergo
huergoj@onr.navy.mil
703-696-0950
Office of Naval Research
29-Dec-2003


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