Cyanobacterium Found in Algae Collection Holds Promise for Biotech Applications
Monday, February 2, 2015 - 12:30
in Biology & Nature
Cyanobacteria are attractive organisms for bio-production but have the drawback that most strains grow slowly. This week scientists at Washington University reported that they have recovered a fast-growing strain of cyanobacteria from a stored culture of a bacteria originally discovered in a creek on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin in 1955.