US: Carbon found to be key for algae-derived biofuel

The US Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory reported on 18 June that its scientists had overturned two long-held misconceptions about oil production in algae. They showed that ramping up the microbes’ overall metabolism by feeding them more carbon increases oil production as the organisms continue to grow. The findings Subscribe to Automotive World to … Continued

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• June 20, 2012