Dan Distel, Northeastern University (IMAGE)

Northeastern University

Dan Distel, Northeastern University

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An international research team led by Dan Distel, director of the Ocean Genome Legacy at Northeastern University, has discovered a novel digestive strategy in a wood-boring clam. The breakthrough, the researchers say, may also be a game-changer for the industrial production of clean biofuels.

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Photo by Brooks Canaday/Northeastern University

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