One of the great things about the current energy crisis is that there’s plenty of solutions to wean the global off of its fossil fuel fix.

Here’s one answer: microbes that researchers are saying may well be the answer to our global energy crisis.

According to researcBy fermenting biomass to produce biofuels, they offer a possible climate-friendly solution to the anticipated shortfall in fossil fuel supply. A review by Professor Arnold Demain from Drew University in New Jersey, USA, on how microbes could be used to salvage the energy crisis has just been published online Springer’s Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology.