TU Delft improves production of chemicals from wood waste
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 14:42
in Earth & Climate
Researchers from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have succeeded in making a significant leap forward in the production of biochemicals and biofuels from waste wood. They discovered that the bacterium Cupriavidus basilensis breaks down harmful by-products which are produced when sugars are released from wood.