Microbial Biofuel Factories (IMAGE)

Stanford University

Microbial Biofuel Factories

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Colonies of microbes produce methane gas and other valuable compounds at the laboratory of Stanford Professor Alfred Spormann. The research goal is to create large microbial factories that convert electricity and carbon dioxide into renewable biofuels and chemicals.

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Mark Shwartz, Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University

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