Panda Poo Yields Key To Cheaper Biofuels

An anonymous reader writes "A new study unveiled at the American Chemical Society points to panda poop as a source of remarkably efficient enzyme-producing bacteria that are able to break down plant materials for cheaper and more efficient biofuel production. Inspired by the giant panda's voracious appetite for bamboo, scientists began to study the fecal matter of giant pandas at the Memphis Zoo. A year of samples indicated that the pandas have a unique ability to convert lignocellulose from plant matter into energy. In fact, gut bacteria of a giant panda can convert 95 percent of the plant's biomass into simple sugars."

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Wrong choice!

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The panda is an Evolution dead end.
It's a bear that should eat meat but instead eats grass. For this reason it needs spend almost all its time in eating.
And, wouldn't this suffice, it has sex, if any, only once in a year. provided that when the female is fertile there's a male close enough not busy with food.
And if you believe in Creationism, the panda is broken experiment by the Creator.

I would try with human poo or, even better, with fly poo.
Maybe it's not so energy efficient, but we have gazillions of tons of it.