Bacteria to run our cars, warm our homes

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Himadri Pakrasi explains the photobioreactor in his Rebstock Hall laboratory. Inside the tube photosynthetic bacteria are making ethanol more efficiently than other forms of biomass because the ccyanobacteria are natural fermentators. Photo by David ...
Himadri Pakrasi explains the photobioreactor in his Rebstock Hall laboratory. Inside the tube photosynthetic bacteria are making ethanol more efficiently than other forms of biomass because the ccyanobacteria are natural fermentators. Photo by David Kilper / WUSTL Photo

The United States Department of Energy has devoted $1.6 million to sequencing the DNA of six photosynthetic bacteria that Washington University in St. Louis biologists will examine for their potential as one of the next great sources of biofuel that can run our cars and warm our houses.


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