Growing fuel from algae

Toxic algal blooms have given algae a bad name in Australia but, on the whole, this poor reputation is not deserved. Much maligned microalgae are in fact the principal primary producers in aquatic ecosystems, the basis of aquatic food chains. Now, thanks to recent research, particular microalgae are being seriously looked at as a plentiful future source of renewable biofuels as well.

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