Biofuels: Grand Challenges for Biology
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The development of renewable alternatives to fossil carbon–based transportation fuels has become an urgent national priority. One of the most promising options for nearterm, commercial-scale deployment is biofuel from lignocellulosic biomass (wood chips, grasses, cornstalks, and other inedible plant-based materials). Additionally, biological systems offer multiple paths to diverse bioenergy products—biodiesel from algal or plant biolipids, microbial methane production, or algal production of biohydrogen from sunlight and water.
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