Rot's Unique Wood Degrading Machinery To Be Harnessed For Better Biofuels Production

Sunday, February 8, 2009 - 23:35 in Mathematics & Economics

Scientists have translated the genetic code that explains the complex biochemical machinery making brown-rot fungi uniquely destructive to wood. The same processes that provide easier access to the energy-rich sugar molecules bound up in the plant's tenacious architecture are leading to innovations for the biofuels industry.

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