Scientists today described technology that accelerates
microalgae’s ability to produce many different types of renewable oils for
fuels, chemicals, foods and personal-care products within days using standard
industrial fermentation. The presentation was part of the 245th National
Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world’s
largest scientific society. The meeting, with 12,000 presentations on advances
in science and other topics, continues here through Thursday.
Walter Rakitsky, Ph.D, explained that microalgae are the
original oil producers on earth, and that all of the oil-producing machinery
present in higher plants resides within these single-cell organisms.