Comments on: Biofuel to be Made from Tuberculosis Bacteria http://cleantechnica.com/2009/09/28/biofuel-to-be-made-from-tuberculosis-bacteria/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Mon, 29 Dec 2014 21:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: paskalex http://cleantechnica.com/2009/09/28/biofuel-to-be-made-from-tuberculosis-bacteria/#comment-7443 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:32:05 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3531#comment-7443 Good article, I also wrote about this in his blog on the production of biodiesel from algae (blog in Russian). Regards from Ukraine, Alex.

Our biodiesel is very popular.

]]> By: paskalex http://cleantechnica.com/2009/09/28/biofuel-to-be-made-from-tuberculosis-bacteria/#comment-24438 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:32:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3531#comment-24438 Good article, I also wrote about this in his blog on the production of biodiesel from algae (blog in Russian). Regards from Ukraine, Alex.

Our biodiesel is very popular.

]]> By: Chuck Chandler http://cleantechnica.com/2009/09/28/biofuel-to-be-made-from-tuberculosis-bacteria/#comment-7442 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:14:28 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3531#comment-7442 You sound surprised, Cesar. Never let the facts get in the way of a good headline.

]]> By: Chuck Chandler http://cleantechnica.com/2009/09/28/biofuel-to-be-made-from-tuberculosis-bacteria/#comment-24437 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:14:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3531#comment-24437 You sound surprised, Cesar. Never let the facts get in the way of a good headline.

]]> By: Cesar Sanchez http://cleantechnica.com/2009/09/28/biofuel-to-be-made-from-tuberculosis-bacteria/#comment-7441 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:47:21 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3531#comment-7441 When I read the headline (“Biofuel to be Made from Tuberculosis Bacteria”), I was almost sure that something was wrong: nobody would choose Mycobacterium tuberculosis (the causative agent of tuberculosis) for biofuel production. Tuberculosis bacteria grow extremely slowly and are dangerous pathogens whose handling requires especial laboratory procedures and equipment. Then I read the article and found out that you were actually referring to Rhodococcus bacteria. Bacteria of the Rhodococcus genus ARE NOT “tuberculosis bacteria”. Both Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Rhodococcus belong to the same phylum (Actinobacteria), so you could say perhaps that they are “closely related”. The headline is just untrue and misleading.

]]> By: Cesar Sanchez http://cleantechnica.com/2009/09/28/biofuel-to-be-made-from-tuberculosis-bacteria/#comment-24436 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:47:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3531#comment-24436 When I read the headline (“Biofuel to be Made from Tuberculosis Bacteria”), I was almost sure that something was wrong: nobody would choose Mycobacterium tuberculosis (the causative agent of tuberculosis) for biofuel production. Tuberculosis bacteria grow extremely slowly and are dangerous pathogens whose handling requires especial laboratory procedures and equipment. Then I read the article and found out that you were actually referring to Rhodococcus bacteria. Bacteria of the Rhodococcus genus ARE NOT “tuberculosis bacteria”. Both Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Rhodococcus belong to the same phylum (Actinobacteria), so you could say perhaps that they are “closely related”. The headline is just untrue and misleading.

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