Marine microbes creating green waves in industry

New **technology** designed to analyse large numbers of novel **marine microbes** could lead to more efficient and greener ways to manufacture new **drugs** for conditions such as epilepsy, diabetes, flu and other viruses, as well as improving the manufacture of other products such as **agrochemicals**. Researchers at Heriot-Watt University and Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) in collaboration with Edinburgh based company Ingenza Ltd are searching for new **enzymes** for use as manufacturing tools in the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries. The research project, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and the Technology Strategy Board (TSB), uses biochemical techniques to identify potentially useful enzymes in microbes that are found in the sea. "The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)":[ http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/media/releases/2009/090807_marine_microbes_creating_green_waves.html]

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