bacteria biodiesel Archives – The Green Optimistic

Cow Rumen Bacteria Provide Groundbreaking Knowledge For Biofuel Industry

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:24:30 +0000

They make use of the rumen bacterium as a model, as "it's one of the most efficient machines to deconstruct plant matter," said Isaac Cann, associate professor in the U of I Department of Animal Sciences and member of the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI).

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Heavily Modified E.Coli Bacteria to Make Biodiesel for Our Cars – Safe or Not?

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:56:37 +0000

E.coli is often associated with food poisoning and sickness. An associate professor of computer science at Rutgers University in Camden, Desmond Lun, is trying to perform a computer simulation of how E.coli could be genetically modified to produce more fatty acids, and hence biodiesel.

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Scientists Compartmenting Bacteria to Create Biodiesel and Vaccines

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:46:57 +0000

I have always thought that bacteria and genetics are not play with, but it looks like some researchers at the University of Kent and University College Cork have hacked into some simple bacteria's (like e-coli) inner structure and created compartments where they could synthesize biofuels and vaccines.

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Biodiesel Developed Safely from Rhodococcus Bacteria

Cristi — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:40:05 +0000

Using synthetic biology, researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are trying to develop a new bacteria similar to the tuberculosis root to produce biofuel.

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