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Japanese researchers improve bamboo cellulosic conversion by 37X; bamboo could supply up to 58 Mgy of Japanese ethanol by 2030

In Japan, a research team at Shizuoka University has developed new techniques for conversion of bamboo to ethanol. The team has developed a means of improving the efficiency of conversion of cellulose to glucose by 2 percent to 75 percent, and expects to raise that result to 80 percent in the future. The team said [...]