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Beetle research helps understand potential bioproducts

03/13/19 12:00 AM By Sara Wyant
KEYWORDS Beetle Berkeley Lab biofuel Brodie cellulose ehanol lignin methane
The guts of this forest-dwelling insect are adapted to take tough plant materials, like lignin and cellulose, and transform them into hydrogen, ethanol, methane and other energy-rich biofuels.
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