Michigan State Researchers Explore Microbes that Eat Nuclear Waste; Produce BioFuel

摘要

A new fuel-cell concept, developed by a Michigan State University (MSU) researcher, could put an end to the production of hazardous glycerol wastes from biodiesel plants while removing their dependence on fossil fuel from their production process. According to Gemma Reguera, a microbiologist at MSU and co-author of the recently published paper, Fermentation of Glycerol into Ethanol in a Microbial Electrolysis Cell Driven by a Customized Consortium, the platform, which uses microbes to glean ethanol from glycerol.