Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new report released by Washington State Ferries revealed that bacteria and fungus in fuel were to blame for the Walla Walla ...

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Gary Strobel, introduced the world to "myco-diesel," a volatile gas generated by a Patagonian tree fungus, called Gliocladium roseum, or G. roseum for short. It has many of the characteristics of ...

SEATTLE — Bacterial and fungal growth in the ship’s diesel storage tanks led the M/V Walla Walla ferry to run aground on Bainbridge Island in April, according to a Washington State Ferries (WSF) ...

The April grounding of the ferry Walla Walla on Bainbridge Island was the result of bacterial and fungal growth in the ship’s diesel storage tanks, according to a report from Washington State Ferries.