http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2007/03/06/making-ethanol-with-pimped-out-bacteria/ The voice of The Sietch community Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:01:32 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2007/03/06/making-ethanol-with-pimped-out-bacteria/comment-page-1/#comment-76156 Black Sun Journal » Archives » “Biofilm” Alert Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:12:32 +0000 http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2007/03/06/making-ethanol-with-pimped-out-bacteria/#comment-76156 [...] which can break down cellulose. In a sense, we are going to replace OPEC with a bunch of little workhorses to power our [...] [...] which can break down cellulose. In a sense, we are going to replace OPEC with a bunch of little workhorses to power our [...]

]]> http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2007/03/06/making-ethanol-with-pimped-out-bacteria/comment-page-1/#comment-35647 The Sietch Blog » The Other Ethanol - Making Ethanol From Cellulose Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:08:37 +0000 http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2007/03/06/making-ethanol-with-pimped-out-bacteria/#comment-35647 [...] This is not a new idea, termites have been using bacteria to break down woody matter for eons. Termites don’t actually eat wood, the symbiotic bacteria that live in their guts eat wood and produce, you guessed it, sugars and carbohydrates that the termite uses as food. Scientists have been finding bacteria, enzymes and other little microbes that break down cellulose (the woody part in plants) and are creating ethanol with them. “This is the first revelation of how a bacterium chooses from its more than 100 enzymes to break down a particular biomass,” says David H. Wu, professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Rochester. “Once we know how a bacterium targets a particular type of biomass, we should be able to boost that process to draw ethanol from biomass far more efficiently that we can today.”(via) [...] [...] This is not a new idea, termites have been using bacteria to break down woody matter for eons. Termites don’t actually eat wood, the symbiotic bacteria that live in their guts eat wood and produce, you guessed it, sugars and carbohydrates that the termite uses as food. Scientists have been finding bacteria, enzymes and other little microbes that break down cellulose (the woody part in plants) and are creating ethanol with them. “This is the first revelation of how a bacterium chooses from its more than 100 enzymes to break down a particular biomass,” says David H. Wu, professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Rochester. “Once we know how a bacterium targets a particular type of biomass, we should be able to boost that process to draw ethanol from biomass far more efficiently that we can today.”(via) [...]

]]> http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2007/03/06/making-ethanol-with-pimped-out-bacteria/comment-page-1/#comment-34933 The Sietch Blog » Ask The Sietch - What Is Ethanol And How Do You Make It Wed, 07 Mar 2007 17:32:16 +0000 http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2007/03/06/making-ethanol-with-pimped-out-bacteria/#comment-34933 [...] break down cellulose into sugars and then they ferment these sugars into alcohol. Some have even figured out bacteria that will break the cellulose down into alcohol taking out the fermenting stage and saving a lot of [...] [...] break down cellulose into sugars and then they ferment these sugars into alcohol. Some have even figured out bacteria that will break the cellulose down into alcohol taking out the fermenting stage and saving a lot of [...]

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