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08/20/2018 / By Janine Acero

Can wood be a sustainable, cost-effective, environmentally-friendly biofuel? Researchers found fungal enzymes break it down

Researchers from the University of York discovered that enzymes found in fungi are capable of breaking down a certain main component of wood, as reported in a study published in the journal Nature Chemical Biology. In ecosystems, fungi play a significant role in breaking down wood within the carbon cycle, releasing nutrients back into the soil. […]

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