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January 28, 2011

Cow rumen metagenome study on TVNZ

Identifying the enzymes that give the tiny bacteria this power could make it easier to turn switchgrass and other plant products into fuel in factories.
Ethanol makers will produce about 49 billion litres of the renewable fuel this year, chiefly from corn. A 2007 law requires annual use of 136 billion litres from 2022 and reserves 79 billion litres of it for “advanced” biofuels.

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: bioenergy, biofuel, biomass, cow rumen, Eddy Rubin, Matthias Hess, metagenomics, microbial genomics, switchgrass

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