Can Biodiesel by Made from Rainforest Fungus?
From algae to
dirty diapers, it seems like biodiesel can be made from almost anything. Recently,
researchers have discovered in the Patagonian rainforest a unique fungus that makes diesel compounds directly from cellulose. Professor Gary Strobel of Montana State University explains:
These are the first organisms that have been found that make many of the ingredients of diesel. This is a major discovery.
Gliocladium roseum could be used to turn the 430 million tons of plant waste that are produced on U.S. farms each year into biofuel.
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