The fungus uses a common carbohydrate processing enzyme called acetyl co-A to form the building blocks of hydrocarbons--but its unique chemical pathways are not yet understood nor is the process by which the gases escape the fungal membrane into the air.
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Mr. FOODY: And they found a fungus that produced a chemical called an enzyme that would break all sorts of fiber, cotton, clothes tents, down into sugar.
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