Better understanding of hardy bacteria enhances tool for biofuel creation
Tuesday, February 4, 2014 - 06:30
in Biology & Nature
Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have charted a significant signaling network in a tiny organism that's big in the world of biofuels research. The findings about how a remarkably fast-growing organism conducts its metabolic business bolster scientists' ability to create biofuels using the hardy microbe Synechococcus, which turns sunlight into useful energy.