Found: New cellulose digestion mechanism by fast-eating enzyme

Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - 17:00 in Biology & Nature

Researchers have discovered that an enzyme from a microorganism first found in the Valley of Geysers on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia in 1990 can digest cellulose almost twice as fast as the current leading component cellulase enzyme on the market.

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