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    5
    Dec
    2011

    NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH JOURNAL PUBLISHES SAPPHIRE ENERGY PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH PAPER ON A CHLOROPLAST GENOME FROM GREEN ALGAE

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    Nucleic Acids Research Journal Publishes Sapphire Energy

     Peer-Reviewed Research Paper on a 
    Chloroplast Genome from Green Algae

     
    Research Enables Improvements in Genetic Diversity in all Regions of a Chloroplast Genome 
    with Potential Applications for other Photosynthetic Organisms
     
    San Diego, CA (Dec. 5, 2011) – Sapphire Energy, Inc., one of the world leaders in algae-based crude oil, today announced that Nucleic Acids Research Journal has published its white paper, "An exogenous chloroplast genome for complex sequence manipulation in algae."   As the site of photosynthesis in plants and algae, the chloroplast is responsible for producing organic molecules from atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and is thus a crucial metabolic engineering target.  Sapphire Energy cultivates algae that use sunlight and CO2 to create Green Crude, a low carbon renewable crude oil substitute that can be refined into jet fuel, diesel and gasoline.

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    8
    Mar
    2011

    MONSANTO COMPANY AND SAPPHIRE ENERGY ENTER COLLABORATION

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    Sapphire Enters Collaboration with Monsanto

    ST. LOUIS, (MARCH 8, 2011) – Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) and Sapphire Energy, Inc. today announced an agreement to enter a multi-year collaboration that will leverage Sapphire’s algae-based research platform to discover genes that could be applied to agriculture, particularly in the field of yield and stress.

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    28
    May
    2008

    Sapphire Energy unveils world’s first renewable gasoline

    Pioneering effort alters ‘food vs. fuel’ debate, supports American energy independence with revolutionary platform that harnesses microorganisms, sunlight, CO2

    Leading investors commit over $50 million to scale effort; production innovator Brian Goodall hired, team leader behind first biofuel 747 flight

    Sonoma, California – May 28, 2008 – Sapphire Energy announced today they have produced renewable 91 octane gasoline that conforms to ASTM certification, made from a breakthrough process that produces crude oil directly from sunlight, CO2 and photosynthetic microorganisms, beginning with algae.

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