EPISODE · Aug 28, 2008 · 18 MIN

Underreported: Termite Guts

from Underreported from WNYC's The Leonard Lopate Show · host New York Public Radio, WNYC

Could termite guts hold a solution to global warming? Some scientists think that a better understanding of how termites devour wood so efficiently could eventually allow us to create valuable biofuel. Phil Hugenholtz is head of the Joint Genome Institute’s Microbial Ecology Program and is involved in mapping the contents of the termite gut.

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