▁FO G ▁from ▁se w age ▁ ▁So - called ▁f ats , ▁o ils ▁and ▁gre ase ▁( FO G ), ▁recovered ▁from ▁se w age ▁can ▁also ▁be ▁turned ▁into ▁b iod ies el . ▁ ▁F ung i ▁A ▁group ▁at ▁the ▁Russian ▁Academy ▁of ▁Sciences ▁in ▁Moscow ▁published ▁a ▁paper ▁in ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁stating ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁isolated ▁large ▁amounts ▁of ▁lip ids ▁from ▁single - cel led ▁fung i ▁and ▁turned ▁it ▁into ▁b iod ies el ▁in ▁an ▁econom ically ▁efficient ▁manner . ▁More ▁research ▁on ▁this ▁fung al ▁species ; ▁C unning ham ella ▁japon ica , ▁and ▁others , ▁is ▁likely ▁to ▁appear ▁in ▁the ▁near ▁future . ▁ ▁The ▁recent ▁discovery ▁of ▁a ▁variant ▁of ▁the ▁fung us ▁Gli oc lad ium ▁rose um ▁points ▁toward ▁the ▁production ▁of ▁so - called ▁my co - d ies el ▁from ▁cell ul ose . ▁This ▁organ ism ▁was ▁recently ▁discovered ▁in ▁the ▁rain for ests ▁of ▁northern ▁Pat ag onia ▁and ▁has ▁the ▁unique ▁cap ability ▁of ▁converting ▁cell ul ose ▁into ▁medium ▁length ▁hydro car b ons ▁typically ▁found ▁in ▁dies el ▁fuel . ▁ ▁B iod ies el ▁from ▁used ▁coffee ▁grounds ▁Research ers ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Nev ada , ▁Ren o , ▁have ▁successfully ▁produced ▁b iod ies el ▁from ▁oil ▁derived ▁from ▁used ▁coffee ▁grounds . ▁Their ▁analysis ▁of ▁the ▁used ▁grounds ▁showed ▁a ▁ 1 0 % ▁to ▁ 1 5 % ▁oil ▁content