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Newsheadline bar  Chemist Charles Lee inspects a petri dish containing xylan, a component of the hemicellulose in plant cell walls. Bacteria that produce xylanase enzymes were streaked onto the dish in a wavy pattern, and the clear areas are where the xylanase is degrading the xylan. Xylanase is one of the battery of enzymes that produce simple sugars from cell walls, which can be utilized instead of sugar cane or corn products in ethanol production. We are in a new era where sustainable energy is looked at seriously.With President Barack Obama???s green initiative, the future of Biofuel Science and Technologyis promising. See what the Bioproduct Chemistry and Engineering (BCE) Unit at the USDA-ARS in Albany,California is doing on a bioconversion project that focuses on producing biofuels from agricultural waste and/or plant matter instead of valuable food resources by going to this link:http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/oct08/sugars1008.htm   ARS News Articles  USDA Scientist Named Finalist for Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal for Groundbreaking ResearchMay 03, 2021Guayule: Past Meets FutureMar 29, 2017Fire Logs Made From Lawn Clippings Offer Earth-Friendly OptionNov 15, 2012Helping  Corn-Based Plastics Take More HeatSep 01, 2010"Superenzymes" Could Streamline Biofuels RefiningOct 22, 2008City Trash Plus Farm Leftovers May Yield Clean EnergyOct 07, 2008


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