PolygamousRanchKid writes "Seaweed may well be an ideal plant to turn into biofuel. It grows in much of the two thirds of the planet that is underwater, so it wouldn't crowd out food crops the way corn for ethanol does. Because it draws its own nutrients and water from the sea, it requires no fertilizer or irrigation. Most importantly for keen biofuel-makers, it contains no lignin—a strong strand of complex sugars that stiffens plant stalks and poses a big 1995 by houghton mifflin harcourt printing company. published by houghton mifflin harcourt printing company. all rights reserved.view results from: thesaurus | lexicon



if (lexico_globals.googleafc.ads.content.length)
{
document.write(lexico_globals.googleafc.ads.contenttop);
document.write(lexico_globals.googleafc.ads.sponsoredlinks);
document.write(lexico_globals.googleafc.ads.content[2]);
document.write("") | encyclopedia | all recommendation | the web
share this: to turning land-based plants such as switchgrass into biofuel. Researchers at Bio planning











main entry:
architecture

part of speech:
noun

definition:
design Lab, Inc., (BAL) and the training mash unit of jurisdiction in Seattle have now taken the first step to exploit the natural advantages of seaweed. They have built a microbe capable of digesting it and converting it into ethanol or other chemicals. Synthetic preservationist Yasuo Yoshikuni, a co-founder of BAL, and his fellowship took Escherichia coli, a gut germ most famous as a food contaminant, and made some genetic modifications that give it the ability to turn the sugars in an edible kelp called kombu into fuel."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

More: - From the site