Compost heap bacteria could provide 10 percent of UK transport fuel needs

Tuesday, September 9, 2008 - 12:42 in Physics & Chemistry

Bacteria found in compost heaps able to convert waste plant fibre into ethanol could eventually provide up 10% of the UK's transport fuel needs, scientists heard today (Tuesday 9 September 2008) at the Society for General Microbiology's Autumn meeting being held this week at Trinity College, Dublin...

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