- 15 May 208 -

New technology could produce microalgae-based fuels

Eco-Solution has introduced a technology platform for the high-throughput selection of micro-organisms. Designed to protect the environment, Eco-Solution claims this new technology platform makes it possible to treat persistent pollutants in the environment and produce renewable energies.

The company says this new technology platform from Eco-Solution is based on the control of directed evolution, a technology developed by the company for the high-throughput selection of natural variants of microbial strains with improved properties. The technology uses new manipulation tools to streamline the selection of natural variants, like the high-throughput screening systems used to discover pharmacologically active molecules.

The first application targeted by this innovation is the production of biofuels from microalgae, micro-organisms that utilise solar energy as their one and only energy source. The technology also has applications in other sectors of activity in which Eco-Solution operates, such as the treatment of persistent pollutants in wastewater, soil and sediments and the improvement of biomass development processes.

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