Scientists at MIT are using e. coli to make iso-butanol. It will be interesting to see how its technology differs from the DuPont/BP process for biobutanol. Gevo, partly funded by Koshla ventures has an exclusive licence for the MIT technology....
Is ethanol energetically favourable? I don't know, you have an idea and MIT has an answer. Cheers to Biggav for the tipoff...
Hydrogen could be produced using algae as a starting material, according to MIT. Algae produce some hydrogen as a by-product from photosynthesis and Anastasios Melis, a researcher at MIT has found one that produces rather more of it than others......
MIT scientists have engineered yeast that can improve the speed and efficiency of ethanol production, a key component to making biofuels a significant part of the U.S. energy supply....
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