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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.
 
* 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.
 
* [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.
 
* [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 ==
 
 
==== Extra Links for the Policy Czar ====
 
 
  
 
== 1. Cellulosic Ethanol  ==
 
== 1. Cellulosic Ethanol  ==

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Everyone: Algal biofuels

Algal biofuels

Required Reading/Viewing

Additional information

1. Cellulosic Ethanol

Extra Links for the Policy Czar

  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

Extra Links for the Policy Czar

  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

Extra Links for the Policy Czar

  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