I doing some research on yeast and a few other things, to try to make a few specialty drinks, and I got to thinking about ethanol/fuelahol. One of the major projects under way is attempting to break down cellulose into its component sugars in order to be able to ferment into usable alcohol.

I later found out that through the use of bacteria, termites and some other insects are able to digest wood, and other high cellulose products. Is there research being done in the cultures and use of these bacterias? Do we even really know anything about them?

May it be that the d-glucose is not the byproduct of the bacteria, or that d-glucose is unusable in efficient fermenting processes? Any enlightenment in this area would be great. I would be willing to conduct a few of my own experiments here if I could find out enough.

Thanks All...