NREL Creates New Pathways for Producing Biofuels and Acids from Cyanobacteria (Fact Sheet) [electronic resource]

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 662.8 Other fuels
• Thông tin xuất bản: Washington, D.C. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. : United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy ; Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2012
• Mô tả vật lý: Size: 827 KB : , digital, PDF file.
• Bộ sưu tập: Metadata
• ID: 265229
• Chủ đề: 1. 09 biomass fuels; 2. 59 basic biological sciences; 3. Blue-green algae; 4. Cyanobacteria; 5. Genetic engineering

Tóm tắt

Cyanobacteria use photosynthesis to convert carbon dioxide into glycogen, a carbohydrate that is stored in the cells as an energy source. However, researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have discovered that this photosynthesis can be redirected to produce lipids and valuable organic acids. The research could yield a new source of biofuels, because the lipids canpotentially be extracted from the bacteria and converted into biodiesel.