Brown Seaweed's potential as a vest resource of biofuels

Research scientist in Chile, France and the United States say they have developed the first microbe capable of fermenting all the major sugars found in a common species of brown seaweed (Saccharinna japonica).

"This development makes brown seaweed a viable biomass for the production of renewable fuels and chemicals," said Yasuo Yoshikuni, co-author of the study and chief science officer at Bio Architecture Lab (BAL) Inc, a US company that has built four seaweed farms off the coast of Chile. Read more ...