Researcher keeps her 'bugs' happy, leading to biofuel breakthroughs
Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 10:26
in Physics & Chemistry
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Senior Scientist Min Zhang has a special relationship with Zymomonas mobilis, a rod-shaped bacterium that has bioethanol-producing capabilities. Of her 80 peer-reviewed papers and 21 U.S. patents in the field of biochemistry and biofuels, many reference this sugar-eating "bug."