Termite saliva may hold key to biofuels

Alligator.com
Posted: Wednesday, September 1, 2010 12:30 am Updated: 12:54 am, Wed Sep 1, 2010.
Meredith Rutland, Alligator Contributing Writer

A tiny bug could help solve one of the world’s biggest problems.

UF researchers have found two enzymes in termite saliva that help break down wood into sugars that the bioenergy industry can use to produce fuel for cars.

The paper was published on the Internet in “Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology” in August.

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