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Mushroom Being Tried In Laboratories As Fuel Alternative Source
By Mr Ethanol | November 11, 2008
AHN:
Scientists in Novozymes’ laboratories in China, Brazil, Denmark and the U.S. are experimenting with mushroom and licen to discover which one could turn corn cobs and sugarcane stalks into biofuel.
By tapping plant waste, the laboratory hopes to 
end concerns that the use of food as feedstock would stop the pressure made by bioethanol production on food prices worldwide. The company said it hopes to have an answer by 2010, ahead of its rival Danisco.
Fungi such as mushroom and lichen produce enzymes which consume rotting logs and decaying leaves. Proteins are used by biofuel producers to break down complex carbohydrates in plant cells into a mixture of simple sugars that yeast could eat. Yeast ferments the mixture and produces ethanol. Enzymes available could not break down the tougher parts of plants effectively enough to bring down its cost of production. Full article.
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