Genetically Engineered Stomach Microbe Converts Seaweed into Ethanol

Seaweed may well be an ideal plant to turn into biofuel. It grows in much of the two thirds of the planet that is underwater, so it wouldn't crowd out food crops the way corn for ethanol does. Because it draws its own nutrients and water from the sea, it requires no fertilizer or irrigation.

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Genetically Engineered Stomach Microbe Converts Seaweed into Ethanol