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* [https://theconversation.com/can-we-save-the-algae-biofuel-industry-58518 Can we save the algae biofuel industry?] ''The Conversation'' May 9, 2015 <br>Watch the 3-minute ALGAE.TEC video embedded in the page.  
 
* [https://theconversation.com/can-we-save-the-algae-biofuel-industry-58518 Can we save the algae biofuel industry?] ''The Conversation'' May 9, 2015 <br>Watch the 3-minute ALGAE.TEC video embedded in the page.  
 
* [http://www.nanowerk.com/news2/green/newsid=38883.php Jet Fuel from Algae?] ''Nanowerk'' Jan 29, 2015 <br>Be sure to zoom in on the infographic by clicking on it.
 
* [http://www.nanowerk.com/news2/green/newsid=38883.php Jet Fuel from Algae?] ''Nanowerk'' Jan 29, 2015 <br>Be sure to zoom in on the infographic by clicking on it.
* Company webpages useful for answering questions: [http://solazymeindustrials.com/ Solazyme] | [http://algaetec.com.au/ ALGAE.TEC] | <s>[http://www.sapphireenergy.com/ Sapphire Energy]</s>
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* Company/industry group webpages useful for answering questions: [http://solazymeindustrials.com/ Solazyme] | [http://algaetec.com.au/ ALGAE.TEC] | [http://allaboutalgae.com/ All about algae.com] | <s>[http://www.sapphireenergy.com/ Sapphire Energy]</s>
  
 
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* [http://energy.gov/eere/bioenergy/algal-biofuels DOE Algal Biofuels] including [http://energy.gov/eere/videos/energy-101-algae-fuel ENERGY 101: ALGAE-TO-FUEL video]
 
* [http://energy.gov/eere/bioenergy/algal-biofuels DOE Algal Biofuels] including [http://energy.gov/eere/videos/energy-101-algae-fuel ENERGY 101: ALGAE-TO-FUEL video]
* [http://allaboutalgae.com/ All about algae.com] – an industry group website
 
 
* [http://web.biosci.utexas.edu/utex/ UTEX Culture Collection of Algae at UT Austin]
 
* [http://web.biosci.utexas.edu/utex/ UTEX Culture Collection of Algae at UT Austin]
 
* Radakovits R, Jinkerson RE, Darzins A, Posewitz MC (2010) [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20139239 Genetic engineering of algae for enhanced biofuel production.] ''Eukaryot Cell'' '''9''':486–501.
 
* Radakovits R, Jinkerson RE, Darzins A, Posewitz MC (2010) [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20139239 Genetic engineering of algae for enhanced biofuel production.] ''Eukaryot Cell'' '''9''':486–501.

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Everyone: Algal biofuels

Algal biofuels

Required Reading/Viewing

Additional information

1. Cellulosic Ethanol

Extra Links for the Policy Czar

  1. [1] An overview of second generation biofuel technologies 19963372

// Review of technology and issues related to cellulosic ethanol. Skim the article for key details.

  1. [2] DOE Cellulosic Ethanol – also click around the other ethanol links
  2. [3] For Cellulosic Ethanol Makers, The Road Ahead Is Still Uphill
  1. [4] UT Switchgrass Research

2. Deep Water Horizon Bioremediation

Extra Links for the Policy Czar

  1. [5] Slick Solution: How Microbes Will Clean Up the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
  2. [6] How Microbes Helped Clean BP's Oil Spill – watch the video and read the captions in the video.
  3. [7] MicrobeWiki – Microbial Response to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

3. Frackibacter

Extra Links for the Policy Czar

  1. [8] New genus of bacteria found living inside hydraulic fracturing wells.
  2. [9] Microbial metabolisms in a 2.5-km-deep ecosystem created by hydraulic fracturing in shales