Sentences with phrase «strain of algae»

If biodiesel is the main objective, then an oil rich strain of algae will be grown.

Aurora Biofuels says it has developed a more voracious CO2 - gobbling strain of algae, which produces an oil that can be converted into biofuel.

Scientist had thought that rock snot was a new genetic strain of algae introduced by humans, but an expanding body of research suggests otherwise.

The centerpiece is a sealed growth chamber, or photo - bioreactor, made from a clear polymer to let sunlight through; inside is a strain of algae selected for its high rate of oil production.

A startup could more easily select a preferred strain of algae, grow it in a man - made pond on land, and oversee the process, he said.

Ovega - 3s supplement is derived from a strain of algae that naturally produces high amounts of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), the healthiest omega - 3s.

«Such information is of great importance for the development of superior strains of algae for biofuel production,» Gonçalves said.

Toward that goal, Sandia National Laboratories is testing strains of algae for resistance to a host of predators and diseases, and learning to detect when an algae pond is about to crash.

While Sandia monitors ponds and evaluates resistance to diseases, PNNL will quantify the biomass production rate of 10 strains of algae that they grow in a variety of simulated environmental conditions.

Now Melanie Jones and Rachel Wakefield of the Masonry Conservation Group at the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen have shown that strains of the alga Trentepohlia are to blame.

Researchers such as Baker are starting to think about the possibility of intentionally seeding coral reefs with hardier strains of algae to help them to resist the perils of climate change.

ExxonMobil has invested $ 600 million to design better strains of algae and to convert them into fuel.

«Synthetic Genomics has already engineered strains of algae that secrete oil from their cells,» writes the FT's Clive Cookson.

In another recently published work, we established that a best case scenario using known technology (not possible future ideas of new strains of algae), the EROI of algae - based fuels was 0.36 when adjusting the relative energy quality of the energy inputs and outputs (for a free accessible copy of the paper see

Not exact matches

The university's Food Innovation Centre has engineered and patented a new strain of dulse, a red marine algae, that when cooked has the smell and taste of bacon.

• Algae This highly nutritious strain of edible blue - green algae, harvested from the pristine waters of Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon, contains More than 65 Vitamins, Minerals, Amino Acids & Essential Fatty AAlgae This highly nutritious strain of edible blue - green algae, harvested from the pristine waters of Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon, contains More than 65 Vitamins, Minerals, Amino Acids & Essential Fatty Aalgae, harvested from the pristine waters of Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon, contains More than 65 Vitamins, Minerals, Amino Acids & Essential Fatty Acids.

«Most recently, we completed Phase I of our SBIR grant, showing significant impacts on the growth of commercially relevant algae strains.

Toxic strains of K. veneficum immediately caused the prey to slow down by more than 50 percent, and nearly doubled the proportion of immobile algae in the water relative to non-toxic strains.

In the lab, the team mixed each strain of K. veneficum with a species of algae on which it preys, and recorded the three - dimensional motions of thousands of cells using a high - speed holographic microscopy technique they described in 20071.

Charlie's hope is that some as yet unknown strains of symbiotic algae, better able to cope with a heat - stressed world, might eventually form partnerships with corals.

Algae and cyanobacteria are complicated critters: although they can grow in open ponds, unwanted microbial strains can easily contaminate the water and interfere with the growth of the fuel - making strains.

Dozens of start - ups are manufacturing fuels from novel strains of yeast, algae and bacteria.

When corals become strained as a result of high water temperatures, they expel algae from their tissue and turn a stark white.

Using MinION nanopore sequencing to generate a de novo eukaryotic draft genome: preliminary physiological and genomic description of the extremophilic red alga Galdieria sulphuraria strain SAG 107.79

The formula is a powerful blend of four strains of organic mushrooms (Turkey Tail, Maitake, Reishi and Shitake), brewer's yeast and blue - green algae.

The algae, based on a strain taken from the local Thames River, gobble up CO2, SOx, NOx and other pollutants that are piped into special algae photobioreactors, two of which are housed in a pilot facility located beside the plant.

This, in turn, supports the rapid growth of algae that feed the local strains of herbivorous fish.

A California start - up, Aurora Biofuels, says it has cultivated algae that doubles production of biodiesel by absorbing more than twice as much carbon dioxide as conventional strains.

«They've proven that their proprietary strain can increase carbon sequestration and the ability of algae to utilize CO2 and grow higher biomass,» said Mr. Benning, who is compensated for his work on the Aurora advisory board.

«However, we demonstrated that there is specialisation of the coral host to particular reef environments, with each strain of coral host associating only with particular types of symbiotic algae (zooxanthellae),» he said.

He said Aurora has built a pilot facility «between a 7 - Eleven and the beach» near Melbourne, Fla., and that for the past several months the new algae strains have been producing a gallon of biodiesel a day in an Olympic pool - sized pond.

Current research ranges from work on algae strains that can turn sunlight into hydrogen fuel to the inkjet - style printing of photovoltaic cells — a technique that could greatly cut solar - energy costs if it worked on a large scale.

However, we demonstrated that there is specialisation of the coral host to particular reef environments, with each strain of coral host associating only with particular types of symbiotic algae... the results also highlight the lack of connectivity between different habitats on a single reef, such as shallow and deep water, which has important implications under future climate change scenarios, as coral reefs will be largely dependent on neighbouring areas for their recovery.