The company, based in Marlborough, Massachusetts, is also looking for a site to build a fermentation plant, PResident Bill Frey told local media.
Qteros (cue-TAIR-ohs) uses a bacterium called the Q microbe to eliminate the costly enzymes normally used to turn cellulose into ethanol. The company claims that the microbes can dissolve cullulose into sugars and convert the sugar into ethanol, all in one step.
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