{
  "id": 480754,
  "title": "Corn-stalk sugars feed new bacterial strain designed to make useful chemicals",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/corn-stalk-sugars-feed-new-bacterial-strain-designed-to-make-useful",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-10T14:20:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-corn-stalk-sugars-bacterial-strain.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Engineers have developed a strain of a common bacterial species that can feed exclusively on the three major sugars present in corn stalks. While the new multiple-sugar-consuming strain of the bacterium Pseudomonas putida is interesting in its own right, a new paper published in Nature Communications on July 29, 2026, outlines the broader implications of this project for the future of…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}