Fungal Enzymes Team Up to More Efficiently Break Down Cellulose
Friday, May 26, 2017 - 10:31
in Biology & Nature
Cost-effectively breaking down bioenergy crops into sugars that can then be converted into fuel is a barrier to commercially producing sustainable biofuels. Enabled by DOE User Facilities, a team reports that early lineages of fungi can form enzyme complexes capable of degrading plant biomass.