It was a weird and improbable shotgun wedding of genetic material — one conducted by your drunk uncle Larry in a brothel on the outskirts of Las Vegas. One in which researchers successfully combined enzymes from a bacteria that normally resides in a cow’s gut with the genes of the leaves and stalk of a corn plant. And now it's commercialized.
Mariam Sticklen
Part Corn, Part Cow. Freaky Ethanol Process Commercialized.
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Submitted by niccha on Thu, 2008-09-11 20:37. | Tags: science | agriculture | alternative fuels | biofuel | biomass | cellulosic ethanol | corn stover | ethanol | genetic engineering | genetics | GMOs | Mariam Sticklen | Michigan State University | research | science | transportation
Genetic Engineering for Cheaper Cellulosic Ethanol?
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Submitted by niccha on Mon, 2008-05-26 18:42. | Tags: science | agriculture | butanol | cellulosic ethanol | genetic engineering | genetics | GMO | grass | Mariam Sticklen | Oregon
