Rainforest Fungus Makes Diesel

BOZEMAN, Montana, November 4, 2008 (ENS) - A unique fungus that makes diesel compounds directly from cellulose has been discovered living in trees in the Patagonian rainforest.

"These are the first organisms that have been found that make many of the ingredients of diesel," said Professor Gary Strobel from Montana State University. "This is a major discovery." From Environment News Service. Bet that critter gets its DNA sequenced pronto.

Culture plate of Gliocladium roseum, a fungus that produces myco-diesel hydrocarbons