Researchers push nature beyond its limits to create higher-density biofuels
Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 15:14
in Biology & Nature
For the first time, researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have successfully pushed nature beyond its limits by genetically modifying Escherichia coli, a bacterium often associated with food poisoning, to produce unusually long-chain alcohols essential in the creation of biofuels.