Comments for Bacteria May Provide More Sustainable Biofuel Production at http://ecogeek.org , comment 1 to 5 out of 5 comments http://ecogeek.org Tue, 21 May 2013 18:02:04 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://ecogeek.org/biofuels/3852-bacteria-may-provide-more-sustainable-biofuel-prod#comment-48115 A "biodegradable" product has the Ability to break down, safely and relatively Quickly by biological means, into raw materials of nature and disappear into the atmosphere. The products can be Established biological degradation in soil (which we also refer to as compostable), or liquids biodegradation in water. Biodegradable plastics intended to break When They are exposed to micro-organisms - Biodegradable Packaging Sat, 13 Apr 2013 08:23:43 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/biofuels/3852-bacteria-may-provide-more-sustainable-biofuel-prod#comment-48095 Even there is still challenge in using this method to produce alternative energy, but using the bacteria to produce biofuel can provide solution for producing energy for our civilization in the future - Tonny Sun, 07 Apr 2013 19:23:24 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/biofuels/3852-bacteria-may-provide-more-sustainable-biofuel-prod#comment-48090 Sounds interesting - anything that lowers the energy requirements of biofuel processing is worth a look. What probably matters in economic terms here is retention time. If this takes 24 hours, it means having a vessel volume equivilent to your entire day's production - factors like this make technologies very unattractive very quickly. - David Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:34:04 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/biofuels/3852-bacteria-may-provide-more-sustainable-biofuel-prod#comment-48052 The "strepto" that both bacteria share in their names refers to their shape. It means "resembling a twisted chain." According to Wikipedia, streptomyces are infrequent human pathogens. I don't think that there would be much of a chance of a non-pathogenic strain of streptomyces mutating into a pathogenic one, but I'm not an expert or anything. - Eric Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:44:58 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/biofuels/3852-bacteria-may-provide-more-sustainable-biofuel-prod#comment-48042 Wouldn't it be cheaper to burn the wood in low oxygen environment and then distill the fumes to make fuel? I think the bacteria approach is possibly dangerous because bacteria cause disease. The bacteria mentioned in this article sound close to Streptococcus which is a pathogenic bacteria. I know that the model name Streptomyces is different but it sounds like it is related. What if the Streptomyces mutated into a pathogenic version? - Carl Wed, 20 Mar 2013 05:20:48 +0100