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* [http://allaboutalgae.com/ All about algae.com] – an industry group website
 
* [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.
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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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* Scott SA et al. (2010) [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20399634 Biodiesel from algae: Challenges and prospects.] ''Curr Opin Biotechnol'' '''21''':277–286.
 
* [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.
  

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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