Photosynthetic Organism Yields more Sugar than SugarCane

Privately owned start-up Proterro (Princeton, NJ) is developing a cyanobacteria - a photosynthetic microorganism named Protose - that can generate higher yields of sugar per acre than sugarcane and other conventional sources at a lower cost, the company says. The cheap sugar may be used to make ethanol for use as a biofuel or for converting into other chemicals.  "Sugar is still too expensive," says Kef Kasdin, Proterro's CEO. The company currently is developing its cyanobacteria to generate large amounts of sugar and is designing a bioreactor...

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