Posts Tagged ‘mycodiesel’

Biodiesel from Mucor?

Strobel’s mycodiesel project maybe getting some competition from researchers in Spain according to Direct Production of Biodiesel from the Fungus M. circinelloides; Opportunity to Enhance Yield with Genetic Engineering: Researchers in Spain have demonstrated the direct transformation of biomass consisting of the fungus M. circinelloides into biodiesel compliant with ASTM D6751 and EN14213 and 14214 [...]

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Mycodiesel Research Gets a Boost

Mycodiesel. It has a nice ring to it. It was about a year ago that a flurry of buzz surrounded the publication of a paper announcing the fungal synthesis of fuel-like organic molecules from a species isolated from Patagonian trees.  The work was led by Gary Strobel of Montana State University. Now the National Science [...]

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