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Canada produces strain of algae for fuel

Source : nytimes.com

The sizable scientific team at Ocean Nutrition Canada in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the world's largest supplier of omega-3 EPA and DHA fatty acid supplements, was hardly looking for an alternative to conventional fossil fuels. In 2005, as part of a five-year research effort, the company was screening algae samples, taken from marine environments across the Atlantic provinces of Canada, for specific nutraceutical ingredients. That is when, in one of hundreds of filmy, green test tubes and flasks, it uncovered a single-celled microorganism that produces substantial quantities of triacylglycerol oil — a base for biofuel. "It was like finding a needle in a haystack", said Ian Lucas, Ocean Nutrition Canada's executive vice president of innovation and strategy. "We got extremely lucky. This certainly isn't our core business, but we've been told by experts that this is the most efficient organism for the production of oil identified in the world to date."

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4 October 2010 | Research :: Biomass :: United States & Canada
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