Researchers engineer microbe to make seaweed a cost-effective source of renewable fuel

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One of the biggest criticisms leveled at biofuels that are derived from crops such as wheat, corn and sugar cane, is that they result in valuable land being taken away from food production. For this reason there are various research efforts underway to turn seaweed into a viable renewable source of biomass. Now a team from Bio Architecture Lab (BAL) claims to have developed a breakthrough technology that makes seaweed a cost-effective source of biomass by engineering a microbe that can extract all the major sugars in seaweed and convert them into renewable fuels and chemicals... Continue Reading Researchers engineer microbe to make seaweed a cost-effective source of renewable fuel

Section: ecoGizmo

Tags: Algae, Biofuel, Biomass

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