the conversion of biomass to usable energy, as by burning solid fuel for heat, by fermenting plant matter to produce liquid fuel, as ethanol, or by the bacterial decomposition of organic waste to produce methane.
bioconversion
British
/ ˌbaɪəʊkənˈvɜːʃən /
noun
the use of biological processes or materials to change organic substances into a new form, such as the conversion of waste into methane by fermentation
The conversion of organic materials, such as plant or animal waste, into usable products or energy sources by biological processes or agents, such as certain microorganisms.
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"They become kind of a bioconversion machine where they can remove some of those complicated molecules that the human gut cannot digest and convert them into more digestible substances."
