2006 - Volume #30, Issue #3, Page #5
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Hungry Microbes Chew Up Cellulose
Canada-based Iogen, Inc., is making ethanol using a fungus based on what many soldiers from WW II remember as "jungle rot". The hungry, genetically-modified bugs chew up straw and other organic materials, breaking them down into sugars which can be easily converted to alcohol. Unlike conventional ethanol production, ..........![](/img/download-story.png)
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