Are microbes the answer to the energy crisis?
Date: 9.6.2008
The answer to the looming **fuel crisis** in the 21st century may be found by thinking small, microscopic in fact. Microscopic organisms from bacteria and cyanobacteria, to fungi to microalgae, are **biological factories** that are proving to efficient sources of inexpensive, environmentally friendly **biofuels** that can serve as alternatives to oil, according to research presented at the 108th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology.
"EurekAlert!":[ http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-06/asfm-amt052908.php]
