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Altered microbe makes biofuel [1]

In a bid to overcome the drawbacks of existing biofuels, researchers have engineered a bacterium that can convert a form of raw plant biomass directly into clean, road-ready diesel.

Publication Date: 
28/01/2010
Jeff Tollefson [2]
Nature [3]
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7280
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Tags:
Biomass [4], Biofuel [5], Energy [6], Micro Organisms [7], United States Of America (US) [8]
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National Knowledge Commission Government of India

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