Hydrogen-Producing Bacteria Could Provide Clean Energy

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Posted by timothy on Thursday October 23, 2008 @08:05PM from the for-my-motorhome-of-the-future dept.

Iddo Genuth writes "Scientists at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and North Carolina State University (NC State) have developed cooperatively a new 'green' technology which could lead to clean production of hydrogen from nitrogen-fixing bacteria."

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I assume the other byproduct is snake oil (Score:3, Insightful)

by bunbuntheminilop ( 935594 ) writes: on Thursday October 23, 2008 @10:16PM (#25492351)

From tfa
T. maritima ferments sugars to hydrogen and M. jannaschii converts hydrogen to methane
I don't understand. What's going on at NCSU that they would provide so little detail for this release. How the hell do you covert hydrogen to methane?

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