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Bacteria take plants to biofuel in one step

Engineered microbe singlehandedly transforms switchgrass to ethanol

SUPER MICROBE  Given switchgrass (shown), a modified bacterium can break down the plant, ferment sugars and produce ethanol for biofuel in a single step.

Forest and Kim Starr/Flickr (CC by 2.0)

By Beth Mole

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