The Q Microbe (Clostridium phytofermentans) is a super-bug.

The Qteros team of distinguished scientists and industry leaders has achieved historic efficiencies in our one-step, biomass-to-ethanol conversion process using our unique and remarkable Q Microbe™. Our cellulosic ethanol technology is well along the path to enabling energy security, economic viability, environmental sustainability, and equitable distribution of energy and opportunity around the globe.

Vision - Energy Independence

Over 80 million barrels of oil are consumed across the globe every day. One quarter of this is used in the United States alone. With oil prices vacillating wildly, this is a costly and unstable course. Once we build the infrastructure to create the alternative energy that will replace this oil, the world economy will change dramatically. Energy independence will be achievable by countries around the globe and global markets will behave more rationally.

The Renewable Fuels Association estimates that in the United States alone, the ethanol industry supported the creation of nearly 250,000 new jobs in all sectors of the economy in 2007. Roughly 20 percent of these jobs were created in our manufacturing sector, where our workers produced fuel from grains grown by our farmers.

The build-out of biofuels technology will support massive investment in infrastructure and human capital. Farmers will be called on to grow dedicated energy crops on marginal lands, which will generate additional income. Both forestry residues (slash, small-diameter trees, blowdown, etc.) and agricultural wastes (corn cobs, corn stover, sugar cane bagasse) will become valuable commodities while reducing the impact on landfills.

The ability to situate clean alternative-biofuel technology almost anywhere can improve the lives of people around the world in many ways.