Energy well-spent
Bill Schaefer/Idaho State Journal Idaho State University microbiologist, Tim Magnuson, holds two petri dishes with bacterial cultures of actinomycetes. Magnuson is researching the potential for ethanol production through the use of actinomycetes. Alex Brandon

POCATELLO - Tim Magnuson picked up one of a number of petri dishes laid out across his black laboratory counter and pointed to a group of specks scattered inside the clear, palm-sized plastic plates.

The microbiology teacher explained that a halo-like circle around a speck indicates bacterial growth, a positive first sign for his research on ethanol.

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