image: This fragment of switchgrass is decomposing in contact with cow rumen microbes. This image relates to an article that appeared in the Jan. 28, 2011, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Matthias Hess of Department of Energy, Joint Genome Institute in Walnut Creek, Calif., and colleagues was titled, "Metagenomic Discovery of Biomass-Degrading Genes and Genomes from Cow Rumen." view more
Credit: Image courtesy of Damon Tighe, DOE Joint Genome Institute