Cyanobacterium found in algae collection holds promise for biotech applications
Monday, February 2, 2015 - 12:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Cyanobacteria are attractive organisms for the bio-production of fuels, chemicals and drugs but have the drawback that most strains in common use grow slowly. Scientists now report that they have recovered a fast-growing strain of cyanobacteria from a stored culture of a cyanobacterium originally discovered in a creek on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin in 1955.