Bacteria turned into biofuel factories

Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - 17:00 in Biology & Nature

Cosmic Log: Researchers have genetically engineered the bacteria E. coli to produce a gasoline-like biofuel called n-butanol at a rate that is about 10 times better than competing systems.

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