This "mycodiesel" (after the Greek word for fungus) could be his biggest find ever.

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Mycodiesel caught the imagination of Strobel's son Scott, who suggested they work together for the first time.

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Then came the discovery that put him one step away from mycodiesel.

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Montana State turned them down, choosing instead to develop mycodiesel through a joint venture with Yale University, where Strobel's son Scott is chairman of the biophysics department.

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Strobel envisions making mycodiesel the way ethanol is made, by implanting the improved dieselmaking genes from the fungus into yeast and then feeding it corn or other plant sugars.

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Strobel says ethanol plants could be retrofitted to generate the mycodiesel, which would be a lot easier to transport than ethanol (which corrodes pipelines) and would be more easily blended with petroleum-distilled motor fuels.

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