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+-   Rainforest Fungus Synthesizes Diesel-> on Monday November 03 2008, @11:14PM Fluffeh

Submitted by Fluffeh on Monday November 03 2008, @11:14PM
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Fluffeh writes "A fungus that makes something your car can run on? That's got to be worth investigating right?

A fungus that lives inside trees in the Patagonian rain forest naturally makes a mix of hydrocarbons that bears a striking resemblance to diesel, biologists announced today. And the fungus can grow on cellulose, a major component of tree trunks, blades of grass and stalks that is the most abundant carbon-based plant material on Earth.

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