There is growing international economic and security pressure to fund a huge genome research effort targeting the use of microbes to create fuels. To see the technology this will involve (download publication), go to www.DOEgenomestolife.org/roadmap.

- From Tradeline's 2006 Summit on Facilities for the Emerging Sciences.

Learn more about microbial communities and the future of energy in the Tradeline report: Advances in Research Create New Challenges for Lab Designers.