As the world increasingly considers hydrogen as a potential biofuel, technology could benefit from having the genomes of such microbes. “C. hydrogenoformans is one of the fastest-growing microbes that can convert water and carbon monoxide to hydrogen,” remarks TIGR (The Institute for Genomic Research) evolutionary biologist Jonathan Eisen, senior author of the PLoS Genetics study. “So if you're interested in making clean fuels, this microbe makes an excellent starting point.”
Via Robot Wisdom [1], “Poison + water = hydrogen. New microbial genome shows how [2]”
This is really cool news, and just goes to show that for any problems we create, we're clever enough to find a solution.
[1] http://www.robotwisdom.com/