yeast biofuel Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 14:06:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Agricultural Waste Biofuel Now a Reality, Thanks to Yeast https://www.greenoptimistic.com/agricultural-waste-biofuel/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/agricultural-waste-biofuel/#respond Mon, 06 Apr 2015 14:06:04 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=54120 Agricultural plant waste could be turned into sustainable biofuel a new study from the University of East Anglia has found. The study investigated over 70 different strains of yeast and has found five different strains of yeast can turn straw, cereal stalks and even corncobs into bioethanol, an alcohol based biofuel. Bioethanol can be mixed […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/agricultural-waste-biofuel/feed/ 0 54120 Engineered Yeasts to Soon Produce Biofuels https://www.greenoptimistic.com/engineered-yeast-biofuels/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/engineered-yeast-biofuels/#respond Fri, 27 Mar 2015 04:06:11 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=53920 Yeasts are wonderful microbes.  Sure they can be annoying too if they cause you to itch in the nether regions.  But then, they are responsible for making our lives livelier on occasion through bread and beer, champagne and other lively spirits. So what do you think about yeasts that convert sugars into fats?  Well, that’s […]

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