Fuel from mushrooms

One day, mushrooms will gradually leave the table and be present in the fuel of cars.

Shiitake usually grows on woody stalks in forests, they decompose complex organic matter into woody stems into sugar and use it to feed themselves.

The US Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Service Department and a number of scientists are focusing on studying whether this feature of mushrooms can be used to produce fuel.

Researchers have discovered that the Xyn11A gene of shiitake can do this.

Xyn11A gene is tasked with helping the mushroom to produce xylanase, which can help in the organic matter in wood (such as lignin, cellulose .) to be broken down into glucose and acid. a-min.

After isolating this gene, scientists began to study the large amount of xylanase produced to be used to resolve agricultural residues such as paddy husk into sugar. The degraded sugars can be used to produce ethyl alcohol or other fuels.

Tuyet Nhung