Harnessing Gut Fungi of Herbivores to Break Down Biomass (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

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Harnessing Gut Fungi of Herbivores to Break Down Biomass (1 of 2)

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Colorized micrograph of <i>Piromyces finnis</i>, an early-branching lignocellulolytic fungus, overlaid with an artistic representation of it degrading plant material. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Feb. 18 2016, online issue of <i>Science</i>, published by AAAS. The paper, by K.V. Solomon at University of California, Santa Barbara in Santa Barbara, CA, and colleagues was titled, "Early-branching gut fungi possess a large, comprehensive array of biomass degrading enzymes."

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Peter Allen

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