Turning Waste into Value-Added Resources

Microbes are nature’s top recyclers. Genome Prairie researchers are leading an international collaboration exploring the ability of certain bacteria to convert waste materials such as straw, woodchips and paper into renewable biofuels and biodegradable plastics. This...

How a microbial biorefinery regulates genes

Digesting lignin, a highly stable polymer that accounts for up to a third of biomass, is a limiting step to producing a variety of biofuels. Researchers at Brown have figured out the microscopic chemical switch that allows Streptomyces bacteria to get to work,...

Handbook of Microbial Biofertilizers

2006 Gentili, F. and Jumpponen, A. 2006. Potential and possible uses of bacterial and fungal biofertilizers. In Handbook of Microbial Biofertilizers. Ed. Rai, M.K. and Basra, A. Haworth, New York. Pp. 1-28. Electronic Copy -  2006 Handbook Source:...

How Microbes Can Help Feed the World, 2013

"How Microbes can Help Feed the World" looks in depth at the intimate relationship between microbes and agriculture including why plants need microbes, what types of microbes they need, how they interact and the scientific challenges posed by the current state of...