NUS Engineers Pioneer Greener and Cheaper Technique for Biofuel Production (IMAGE)

National University of Singapore

NUS Engineers Pioneer Greener and Cheaper Technique for Biofuel Production

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A research team led by Associate Professor He Jianzhong (right) from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at NUS Faculty of Engineering has found that a natural bacterium isolated from mushroom crop residue can directly convert cellulose to biobutanol, a biofuel.

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