IGPN - International Green Purchasing Network
The International Green Purchasing Network (IGPN) is an organization which promotes Green Purchasing around the globe
Unlocking Seaweed’s Next-Gen Crude: Sugar
January 25, 2012
Unlocking Seaweed’s Next-Gen Crude: Sugar
Seaweed often brings to mind thoughts of surf and sushi, not fuel. But that could change if a biotechnology start-up called Bio Architecture Lab succeeds in building a new kind of energy company from designer bacteria and a low-cost process for harvesting seaweed.
The key is a genetically modified strain of Escherichia coli bacterium, which can break down the sugars in brown seaweed, or macro-algae, to produce ethanol, according to new research published in the peer-reviewed journal Science.
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