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Department of Energy wants to put bacteria to work

The DOE is partnering with the Washington University in St. Louis to sequence the DNA of six photosynthetic bacteria. Funding of $1.6 million is being devoted to the project based on the potential for these bacteria to be a great source of biofuel in the future. The potential exists for microscopic cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) to capture sunlight and then produce clean ethanol via a biochemical process. The six strains that have been identified are related but come from different environments including Taiwan, India and deep ocean. It is ... Read more →

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