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# [https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/biofuels-algae-exxon-venter/] ExxonMobil Bets $600 Million on Algae
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* [https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/biofuels-algae-exxon-venter/ ExxonMobil Bets $600 Million on Algae] Kate Howell ''Scientific American'' July 14, 2009.
# [http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/is-there-still-a-role-for-oil-companies-in-renewables] Is There Still a Role for Oil Companies in Renewables?
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* [https://www.technologyreview.com/s/515041/exxon-takes-algae-fuel-back-to-the-drawing-board/ Exxon Takes Algae Fuel Back to the Drawing Board] Kevin Bullis ''MIT Technology Review'' May 20, 2013.
# https://www.technologyreview.com/s/515041/exxon-takes-algae-fuel-back-to-the-drawing-board/
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* [http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/is-there-still-a-role-for-oil-companies-in-renewables Is There Still a Role for Oil Companies in Renewables?] Matthew Morton ''Greentech Media'' March 12, 2015
# [https://theconversation.com/can-we-save-the-algae-biofuel-industry-58518] Can we save the algae biofuel industry? Watch the 3-minute ALGAE.TEC video embedded in the page.  
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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.  
# [http://solazymeindustrials.com/] Solazyme
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* [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.
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* Company webpages useful for answering questions: [http://solazymeindustrials.com/ Solazyme] | [http://algaetec.com.au/ ALGAE.TEC] | <s>[http://www.sapphireenergy.com/ Sapphire Energy]</s>
  
 
==== Additional information ====
 
==== Additional information ====
  
#Sapphire Sapphire Energy company video
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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]
// Promotional video for a company pursuing algal biofuels and bioproducts. Watch on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVua2qls5P8 YouTube].
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* [http://allaboutalgae.com/ All about algae.com] – an industry group website
# [http://energy.gov/eere/bioenergy/algal-biofuels] DOE Algal Biofuels
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# [http://allaboutalgae.com/] All about algae.com
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# [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20139239] – Genetic engineering of algae for enhanced biofuel production.
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# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x4AajQJ5z8#t=140 YouTube] – INEOS INEOS Bio company video
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* [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]
# [https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_trent_energy_from_floating_algae_pods] Energy from floating algae ponds
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* 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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* [https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_trent_energy_from_floating_algae_pods Energy from floating algae ponds] Jonathan Trent ''TEDGlobal Talk'' June 2012.<br>This is a more speculative vision of algal biofuels.
  
 
== 1. Algal Biofuels ==
 
== 1. Algal Biofuels ==

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Everyone: Algal biofuels

Algal biofuels

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1. Algal Biofuels

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1. Cellulosic Ethanol

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  1. [2] An overview of second generation biofuel technologies 19963372

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

  1. [3] DOE Cellulosic Ethanol – also click around the other ethanol links
  2. [4] For Cellulosic Ethanol Makers, The Road Ahead Is Still Uphill
  1. [5] UT Switchgrass Research

2. Deep Water Horizon Bioremediation

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  1. [6] Slick Solution: How Microbes Will Clean Up the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
  2. [7] How Microbes Helped Clean BP's Oil Spill – watch the video and read the captions in the video.
  3. [8] MicrobeWiki – Microbial Response to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

3. Frackibacter

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  1. [9] New genus of bacteria found living inside hydraulic fracturing wells.
  2. [10] Microbial metabolisms in a 2.5-km-deep ecosystem created by hydraulic fracturing in shales