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Caption for October 2015 AgResearch magazine article, "National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research." Biochemist Badal Saha and technician Greg Kennedy collect a sample of a fungal culture to determine whether fermentation inhibitors are present after the pretreatment of wheat straw feedstock. Inhibitors can stop or reduce the rate of ethanol fermentation.
Caption for April 2010 AgResearch magazine article, "Niches and Glitches in Ethanol Production." Chemist Badal Saha and technician Greg Kennedy collect a sample of a fungal culture to determine whether fermentation inhibitors are present after the pretreatment of wheat straw feedstock. Inhibitors can stop or reduce the rate of ethanol fermentation.
Photo by Stephen Ausmus.