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Genetically Modified E.Coli Generate Renewable Propane

Mila Luleva — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 08:59:00 +0000

Bio-engineering techniques are rapidly becoming a very powerful tool for scientists to make bacteria produce virtually anything. The latest invention comes from a Finnish research team, who modified E.coli bacteria in a way that they can generate propane. The study appeared yesterday in Nature Communications, and describes how genetically altered bacteria can be turned into […]

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Heavily Modified E.Coli Bacteria to Make Biodiesel for Our Cars – Safe or Not?

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:56:37 +0000

E.coli is often associated with food poisoning and sickness. An associate professor of computer science at Rutgers University in Camden, Desmond Lun, is trying to perform a computer simulation of how E.coli could be genetically modified to produce more fatty acids, and hence biodiesel.

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