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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Fungi enzyme yields more ethanol: UK report

Biofuels Digest
Jim Lane October 17, 2011

In the UK, researchers from the Universities of Cambridge and York have found that the enzyme TaGH61 found in fungi can overcome the chemical intractability of cellulose allowing for the better conversion into ethanol. The work was also done by scientists at Novozymes laboratories in California, and Bagsvaerd in Denmark and researchers from the University of Copenhagen.

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