Wood-munching Gribble gives hope for new biofuel

The tiny marine, wood-eating gribble that destroys ships and piers worldwide has gut enzymes that could hold the key to converting wood and straw into liquid biofuels.

Eurekalert: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-03/uoy-ssp030510.php

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Research is by scientists at the BBSRC Sustainable Bioenergy Centre at the Universities of York and Portsmouth, UK and is published in  the latest issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS)