Termite-gut microbes extract clean energy from coal

Last month we highlighted a story about using hemocyanins from the digestive tracts of gibbles to produce bio-fuels from wood. Today’s story is about using microbes from the guts of termites to produce bio-fuels from coal. — PE
Termites generally don’t elicit a whole lot of love. But surprisingly, this wood-eating insect may hold the key to transforming coal — a big polluting chunk of the global energy supply — into cleaner energy for the world, according to Univers