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

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

image: Colorized micrograph of Piromyces finnis, an early-branching lignocellulolytic fungus, is 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 Science, 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." view more 

Credit: Peter Allen


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