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Basics

A number of fungi produce volatile organic compounds that have hydrocarbon-like properties. Gliocladium roseum, discovered in Patagonia, has been shown to produce many of the same hydrocarbons found in diesel fuel. Agricultural wastes can be used as substrates. Uses: green chemicals and/or fuels ("Mycodiesel").
Can these be bioreactor grown?
- If not how hard would it be to transfer these genes/pathways to algae/ecoli/yeast
Need the biologists/biotech people to chime in
MAY be what Proterro did?

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+*A number of fungi produce volatile organic compounds that have hydrocarbon-like properties. Gliocladium roseum, discovered in Patagonia, has been shown to produce many of the same hydrocarbons found in diesel fuel. Agricultural wastes can be used as substrates. Uses: green chemicals and/or fuels ("Mycodiesel").
+* '''Can these be bioreactor grown?'''
+** '''If not how hard would it be to transfer these genes/pathways to algae/ecoli/yeast'''
+*'''Need the biologists/biotech people to chime in'''
+*MAY be what [[Proterro]] did?
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+*[http://plantsciences.montana.edu/facultyorstaff/faculty/strobel/ A "Plant Sciences" article on this]
+*[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369527414000733  A Paper in ''Current Opinion in Microbiology'' "The story of mycodiesel"]
+*[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/nov/04/biofuels-energy A Guardian Article: "Tree fungus could provide green transport fuel"]
 [[Category:Biofuel]]