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The Marine Bacterium Alcanivorax borkumensis: “The New Hope for Ecologist”

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Oil spills are absolutely a threat to the environment and many living organisms like plants and animals. In the oceans, oil spills prove to be very disastrous to marine organisms like fishes, turtles, and even sea birds. Oil spill cleanup has never been an easy task and involves extensive labor and new technologies. Microbial degradation of oil spills has intensified over the years. Certain species of bacteria are capable of breaking down oil. Species belonging to Alcanivorax, Marinobacter, Thallassolituus, Cycloclasticus, Oleispira genera of marine bacteria are capable of oil degradation. Such oil spill bacteria were also used to clean up the Exxon Valdez. The Marine Bacterium Alcanivorax borkumensis

1. Alcanivorax borkumensis is an omnipresent bacterium rod-shaped that has special characteristics to degrade oil growth.

2. These bacteria are found abundant in polluted waters but scarcely populated in clear waters.

3. The physiology includes alkane metabolism that can destroy a vast range of alkane hydrocarbons. This bacterium has three different alkane-oxidizing systems for the breakdown of a broad range of oil hydrocarbons.

4. They use oil hydrocarbons as their source of carbon and energy. The bacteria acts on hydrocarbons to produce glucose lipids. These biosurfactants act as an emulsifier to enhance the degradation rate of hydrocarbons.

5. Genome sequencing has revealed the low prevalence of mobile genetic elements and an excess of genes related to oil degradation.

6. When populated at oil spill sites, these bacteria can eliminate a considerable amount of petroleum.

7. Due to all these factors, Alcanivorax borkumensis is considered to be one of the best ecological biodegrader. T

he genome of Alcanivorax borkumensis was sequenced by a group of scientists, co-led by Martins dos Santos of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Braunschweig, Germany. A research team has also been running pilot tests with the Alcanivorax borkumensis bacterium in the North Sea. Further research to sequence the genome of other, oil-degrading bacteria is also being carried out in the United States, Australia, and Japan. Such research will contribute immensely to field of oil spill cleanup with bacteria.

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Posted by GreenPowerGuy on November 2nd, 2009

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ISKRA Wind Turbine suppliers rebrand to Evance – Powering Progress:

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Evance: International wind turbine suppliers

The wind power industry is advancing in the exploration and development of better and more efficient ways of converting wind power into useful energy. Primitive techniques of harnessing the power of the wind already existed many centuries ago and today, modern wind turbine suppliers aim to better their designs and technology to meet current and future energy demands.

ISKRA Wind Turbine suppliers recently announced its decision to change the company name to Evance. The company was already established in the wind generator UK market and is fast expanding into the international market. As a leading manufacturer of small wind turbines, ISKRA, now Evance, anticipated a potential trademark dispute concerning the name ISKRA. The company has released a range of reputable wind turbines and a new corporate look and feel suits its rapid international expansion and production of new, innovative small-scale wind turbines.

Evance is an appropriate amalgamation of the terms advance and energy, illustrating Evance’s role as pioneers in the field of renewable energy generation, in particular wind turbine technology. The rebrand was announced earlier this year in May, and the timing of this brand-evolution strategy was carefully calculated to accompany the release of the new smaller, more efficient Evance wind turbine. Evance is confident that their latest wind energy system, called the EVANCE ISKRA R9000, will do well in the international and UK wind generator markets.

EVANCE ISKRA R9000: Less wind power, more energy

The EVANCE ISKRA R9000 is a new 5kW wind turbine that exhibits a variety of high-tech qualities. This wind turbine was carefully designed with the smaller wind market in mind. Some of this small wind turbine’s attractive features include reduced noise level, easy installation, power generating capabilities and efficiency. This small-scale wind turbine can generate the same power as some 6kW turbines, and in certain conditions also surpassing some 10kW turbines.

Evance aims to expand their current wind energy communication platform to reach both the local and international market more effectively. They recently signed up with four new international resellers and the company plans to export at least 50% of their products over the next twelve months. At this stage international wind turbine resellers include countries such as Scotland, Ireland, Italy, Germany and most importantly USA. Evance plans to further grow and expand its supply into on and off grid applications in the U.S, greater Europe and Emerging Market Regions with the best available wind turbines on the market and supported with highest after sales support standards. The UK is emerging as a world leader in the production and supply of wind turbines and Evance’s new ISKRA R9000 sets the highest standard for international and UK wind turbine suppliers.

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Small Wind Turbines UK – Evance is pioneering the production of exceptional small scale wind turbines, enabling people all over the world to harness wind energy, and power their future with a clean conscience. The Evance Iskra R9000 Advanced Small Wind Turbine is the result of 10 years of dedicated research and development, and is based on our experience of designing utility small scale turbines

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Posted by GreenPowerGuy on September 18th, 2009

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