Biofuel From Bacteria

Read a very interesting article at Medical News Today. US Department of Energy has devoted $1.6 million to a study of 6 species of Cyanobacteria, exploring the potential of these organisms to produce biofuels such as ethanol and hydrogen.

Here’s a quote from Dr. Himadri Pakrasi (head of the research team):

“Cyanobacteria have a distinct advantage over biomass, such as corn or other grasses, in producing ethanol, because they use carbon dioxide as their primary cellular carbon source and emit no carbons and they naturally do fermentation. In biomass, yeast needs to be added for fermentation, which leads to the production of ethanol. Cyanobacteria can offer a simpler, cleaner approach to ethanol production.”

Sounds pretty cool.

Be sure to check out the original article

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Written by Bentley on October 12th, 2006 with no comments.
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