Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, 73019, USA.
Anaerobe. 2011 Aug;17(4):206-10. doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2011.05.011. Epub 2011 Jun 15.
Although much newsprint is devoted to the subject of reducing the United States and other major developed countries dependence on their respective foreign energy sources; the most challenging issues for society is to provide long-term, sustainable energy sources to accommodate the global population as a whole. The projected population of planet Earth for the year 2050 is estimated to be in excess of 9 billion. With hydrocarbon-based energy becoming limiting it is unlikely that one type of energy will alone replace our dependence on this source. So-called "green" technologies that include solar, wind and wave powers are now being explored to reduce on traditional hydrocarbon-based fuel sources. The diverse and functional properties of microbes, and in particular anaerobes, are now being utilized in the production of biofuels and may provide one piece of the jigsaw for future energy requirements. Here we present some results of a screening program to identify and characterize a number of carbon monoxide oxidizing, ethanol-producing acetogenic anaerobes phylogenetically located within the Clostridiales.
尽管大量新闻用纸都致力于减少美国和其他主要发达国家对各自外国能源的依赖这一主题；但社会面临的最具挑战性的问题是提供长期、可持续的能源来满足全球人口的需求。据估计，到 2050 年，地球的人口预计将超过 90 亿。随着碳氢化合物能源的限制，不太可能有一种能源单独取代我们对这种能源的依赖。现在正在探索所谓的“绿色”技术，包括太阳能、风能和波浪能，以减少对传统碳氢化合物燃料的依赖。微生物，特别是厌氧菌的多样性和功能特性，现在正被用于生物燃料的生产，并可能为未来的能源需求提供拼图的一部分。在这里，我们介绍了一项筛选计划的一些结果，该计划旨在鉴定和描述一些位于梭菌目中的一氧化碳氧化、乙醇产生的产乙酸厌氧菌。
