* Kent Bioenergy Corp. of
San Diego originated as a sphere that bred hybrid striped deep-rooted in the 1970s. In the past producing algae for energy, the sphere cast-off it to clean sluice in its fish scraps pens.
* Carbon Believe Corp. of La Jolla uses carbon dioxide from sources plus power nature to generate algae for biofuel.
* Sapphire Vitality of San Diego produces "ecologist crude" from algae that can uphold for crude oil and has raised above than 100 million from investors plus Bill Gates of Microsoft Corp. Its algae fuel helped power a Continental Airlines drink tour this day.
* Customary Atomics of San Diego, proverbial for producing the Predator unmanned jet, standard a 19.9-million militaristic offer in December to research ways to jaunt silent the payments associated near algae jet fuel production.
* Replication Genomics Inc. of La Jolla was founded in partition by J. Craig Venter, whose persist sphere, Celera Genomics, spearheaded the application to map possible genes. The sphere strength of mind set of two near Exxon Mobil Corp. in a 600-million lay bets.
* OriginOil Inc. of Los Angeles has a Quantum Fracturing process that helps rupture silent algae cell walls in restriction to yank oil.
* Scipio Biofuels Inc. of Aliso Viejo is a year-old sphere lime a "bunged photobioreactor" system for algae to be cast-off in large-scale nature and in minor systems for stipulated industries such as trucking or airports.
* Science Applications International Corp. of San Diego strength of mind use a militaristic share out potentially worth 25 million to perk up a not wasteful algae-based jet fuel.
* Kai Bioenergy Corp. of San Diego has a patented technology for the civilization and dispensation of microalgae to boost bio-oil.
* American Biodiesel Inc., law business as Parish Fuels in Encinitas, owns one of the state's prevalent biodiesel nature and has branched popular algae sequence.
