Corn stalks. It’s what’s for dinner … If you’re a microbe

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Source: University of California San Diego

Engineers have developed a strain of a common bacterial species, Pseudomonas putida, that can feed exclusively on the three major sugars present in corn stalks, with broader implications for the future of biomanufacturing.

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