Study unravels a bacterium's protein pathways to digesting tough cellulose
Tuesday, April 19, 2016 - 05:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Cellulose, a tough biological polymer made of complex linked chains of glucose, gives structure to the cell walls of green plants. Scientists hope that someday this ubiquitous building block, the most abundant polysaccharide on Earth and rife with solar energy, will someday be a cheap and reliable feedstock for clean-energy biofuels.