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Numerous alternative means of manufacturing ethanol have cropped up recently, such as this method devised by scientists from The University of Texas at Austin. This new method entails the use of a microbe, more particularly a photosynthetic cyanobacterium which is more popularly known as blue-green algae. This cyanobacterium can produce cellulose which could be turned into ethanol, as well as sucrose and glucose which could directly be converted to ethanol too. The cyanobacteria are able to produce cellulose through the implanted genes from vinegar bacterium, Acetobacter xylinum, which is a non-photosynthetic cellulose producer.
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