2008Aug15: TMO Renewables demonstrates the use of a genetically altered bug – TM242, high pressure steam and enzymes, to break down raw cellulose at a trial plant near Guildford in Surrey (UK Guardian, 2008).
Reference: UK Guardian. 2008. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/aug/15/biofuels.renewableenergy
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