Where there's bugs, there's brass: UK firm lands $500m biofuel contract

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TMO Renewables wins contract with US firm Fiberight using its 'turbo-charged' GM bacteria that convert rubbish into biofuels

A British company that uses a genetically modified compost-heap bug to produce biofuel from rubbish has signed a $500m (£319m) contract with a US firm. TMO Renewables developed a strain of "turbo-charged"...

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