Near-perfect growing conditions?
Biotech firm Algae Biosciences Corporation claims its production site near Holbrook in Arizona creates “near perfect” growing conditions for microalgae because it sits above an underground salt dome that interacts with the Coconino Aquifer, a vast ancient underground sea - to produce “pristine” saline groundwater.
This is remarkably pure, protected from sources of pollution, and the perfect medium for growing marine algae, claims the firm, which will be able to make commercial quantities of oil containing EPA and DHA from the beginning of 2012.
AlgaeBio says it will be able to make 1,060kg/month by late 2012 and 4,000kg/month by the end of 2013.
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