Bacteria used to make Gasoline: biofuel of the future

A new form of biofuel might be here within 2 to 5 years it is said, the new form is where bacteria will be used to make gasoline which could be the biofuel of the future. A new biotech start up has described how a new bio fuel will be made in where the biotech will coax petroleum like fuels from engineered microbes.

So by coaxing bacteria into producing hydrocarbons could and probably will process fuels like those made from petroleum, a company in San Carlos, CA called LS9 which was founded by geneticist George Church and a plant biologist called Chris Somerville have said that they are working on what is called renewable petroleum. Various tools are being used from the field of synthetic biology which will modify the genetic pathways that bacteria, plants and even animal use to make fatty acids which is one of the various ways that organisms store energy. To learn more on this breakthrough we recommend reading Technology Review.

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