Approach helps identify new biofuel sources that don't require farmland

Approach helps identify new biofuel sources that don't require farmland
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 06, 2014 - While the debate over using crops for fuel continues, scientists are now reporting a new, fast approach to develop biofuel in a way that doesn't require removing valuable farmland from the food production chain. Their work examining the fuel-producing potential of Streptomyces, a soil bacterium known for making antibiotics, appears in ACS' The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. The met ... morehttp://www.biofueldaily.com/reports/Approach_helps_identify_new_biofuel_sources_that_dont_require_farmland_999.html