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JGIota: A Biofuel Breakthrough in Anaerobic Fungi with Michelle O'Malley and Tom Lankiewicz

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English - March 30, 2023 23:00 - 4 minutes - 3.14 MB
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Michelle O'Malley and Tom Lankiewicz of UC-Santa Barbara discuss the importance of studying anaerobic fungi, as well as a recent discovery that turns scientific presumption on its head and opens up a new avenue to explore for efficient biofuel production.

Episode Transcript

Publication: Lankiewicz, T.S., Choudhary, H., Gao, Y. et al. Lignin deconstruction by anaerobic fungi. Nat Microbiol 8, 596–610 (2023). doi: 10.1038/s41564-023-01336-8Science Highlight: Busting the Unbreakable LigninJGI Feature: JGI at 25: Following Fungi that Pry Apart Plant PolymersJGI Release: Fungal Enzymes Team Up to More Efficiently Break Down CellulosePNNL Release: Biofuel Tech Straight from the Farm