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New understanding of one of natures best biocatalysts for biofuels production
2016-07-04 02:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Producing fuels from plants and other renewable sources requires breaking down the chemical cellulose; a major candidate to drive, or catalyze, this stubborn chemical is a ubiquitous microorganism called Clostridium thermocellum that works well in hot environments without oxygen. Researchers found that C. thermocellum uses a previously unknown mechanism to degrade cellulose, in addition to other known degradation mechanisms. This discovery helps explain C. thermocellum's superior ability to digest...
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