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Biofuels Researcher Goes ‘Rumen Fishing’ Inside The Cow Stomach For Answers
U of I Professor
Bryan A. White
Urbana – What can a leading University of Illinois microbiologist doing research on biofuels learn from a cow?
Plenty if that scientist is Professor Bryan A. White.
“The bottom line is I view the ruminant as a source of enzymes to break down plant cell walls,” White said during a recent interview. “The ruminant is very, very efficient at breaking down all kinds of plant cell walls...