Community genome could produce biofuels

Dependency of ants, fungi and bacteria gives clues on producing energy

The genomes of 17 different ants, fungi and bacteria that eat through hundreds of pounds of leaf matter a year could ultimately lead to new techniques for making biofuels.

Scientists from the University of Wisconsin, the Joint Genome Institute and Emory University are sequencing the first-ever community genome, searching for clues to how what’s essentially a 50 million-year-old bioreactor operates.

MSNBC