How to Use isoprene in a Sentence

isoprene

noun
  • If this strategy works, isoprene produced by microbes will displace oil and sequester large amounts of carbon.
    — Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026
  • One of the most promising targets for such conversion is isoprene, the five-carbon precursor to rubber.
    — Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The fermenter off-gas then needs scrubbing of water and CO₂, leaving polymer-grade isoprene.
    — Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026
  • In pilot-scale projects, the company produces polymer-grade isoprene for rubber production.
    — Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026
  • That 4% equated to over 15 mg/L isoprene produced in batch culture, with negligible impact on growth.
    — Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026
  • And since microbes can fix CO₂ (directly or via biomass), the carbon for bio-isoprene comes from waste emissions rather than petroleum.
    — Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Meeting this demand with greener chemistry is a huge engineering opportunity if microbes can produce isoprene at scale and cost.
    — Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Because their feedstock is plants that fixed atmospheric CO₂, their isoprene can be carbon-negative.
    — Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The capture and bioconversion of these point-source CO₂ streams has the potential to both cut emissions and manufacture ‘drop-in’ isoprene.
    — Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Although Visolis currently uses biomass instead of flue gas CO₂, the underlying idea of using waste carbon to produce isoprene is the same.
    — Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026
  • In summary, microbial isoprene from industrial CO₂ is a frontier worth exploring.
    — Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026
  • In India, for example, synthetic rubber consumption recently grew by 15–20% per year, driving isoprene demand.
    — Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026
  • For example, Paul Dauenhauer and his team at UMN have been able to engineer cyanobacteria to produce isoprene from CO2, achieving over 1g/l after weeks of growth.
    — Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Currently, isoprene is derived primarily from petroleum or natural gas—over 800,000 tons per year are refined from petroleum, mainly for the production of synthetic rubber.
    — Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026

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