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MSU graduate launches biofuels start-up, partners with university – Sustainable Bioproducts

A Bozeman biofuels start-up is partnering with Montana State University in an effort to turn a fungus discovered in the highly acidic hot springs of Yellowstone National Park into sustainable energy.

The discovery – a fungus pulled from a geyser basin in 2009 and now dubbed MK7 – came from research allowed under a permit MSU has on file with the National Park Service. MSU filed a patent on MK7.

Funded by a Small Business Innovation and Research grant from the National Science Foundation, Mark Kozubal and his start-up company, Sustainable Bioproducts, will conduct further research, as well as enlist the consulting needed to study the product’s fit within the marketplace. Kozubal earned a doctorate in microbiology from MSU in 2010 and also completed a year of post-doctoral research at the university.

Sepp Jannotta, MSU News Service

Full Story: http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=11756

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