From food additives to biodegradable plastics, organic acids are everywhere in modern life. One of them, L-malic acid, is widely used in the food and beverage industry, giving products a characteristic tart taste. Despite its growing industrial relevance, most malic acid is still produced either from fossil resources or from sugar-based microbial fermentation, which competes […] The post #FEMSmicroBlog: Making malic acid from green methanol appeared first on FEMS .