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Harmful algae taking advantage of global warming

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CHAPEL HILL You know that green scum creeping across the surface of your local public water reservoir” Or maybe its choking out a favorite fishing spot or livestock watering hole. Its probably cyanobacteria blue-green algae and, according to a paper in the April 4 issue of the journal Science, it relishes [...]

Cyanobacteria Sequencing Project for Biofuel, Ethanol

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Department of Energy Funds cyanobacteria sequencing project
Making green mats of ethanol
By Tony Fitzpatrick
Excerpts:
1. The United States Department of Energy (DOE) has devoted $1.6 million to sequencing the DNA of six photosynthetic bacteria that Washington University in St. Louis biologists will [...]

[ More ] October 26th, 2006 | No Comments | Posted in Biofuel, cyanobacteria |

Sequencing the DNA of Bacteria to Make Biofuel

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[ More ] October 20th, 2006 | No Comments | Posted in Genetic Engineering, cyanobacteria |