Tuesday, November 04, 2008 By Robert Roy Britt
Read the full story at:FOXNews.com - Fuel-Making Fungus Challenges Oil Creation Theory - Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News
"A newfound fungus living in rainforest trees makes biofuel more efficiently than any other known method, researchers say.
In fact, it's so good at turning plant matter into
fuel that researchers say their discovery calls into question the whole
theory of how crude oil was made by nature in the first place.
While many crops and microbes can be combined to make biofuels — including the fungi that became infamous as jungle rot during World War II — the newfound fungus could greatly simplify the process, its discoverers claim.
Researchers have suggested that billions of acres of fallow farmland could be used to grow the raw material of biofuels.
But turning corn stalks or switchgrass into fuel is a painstaking
process and the end product is expensive and not entirely friendly to
the environment."
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2) The original, and on-going, research is being conducted at Montana State University, ...
... which holds the patient for "Gliocladium roseum", and is being conducted by
Gary A. Strobel, Professor, PhD. from University of California-Davis.
see:http://plantsciences.montana.edu/facultyorstaff/faculty/strobel/
"Dr. Strobel’s current work focuses on the
endophytic fungus, Gliocladium roseum, that he discovered in Patagonia.
Gliocladium roseum has been shown to produce many of the same
hydrocarbons found in diesel fuel. Strobel has dubbed the products of
this fungus “myco-diesel.” "
Listen to the podcast of Strobel talking about myco-diesel
Listen to the podcast of Strobel talking about endophytes
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