Engineer Taps Heat-Loving Bacteria for Hydrogen
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 15:35
in Biology & Nature
A North Carolina State University engineer has been awarded a $1.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to learn more about the microbiology, genetics and genomics behind how and why heat-loving bacteria called thermotogales produce large amounts of hydrogen with unusually high efficiencies. These microorganisms are found all over the globe in areas which are naturally hot - including volcanic sediments, hot springs and brines from deep oil wells.