Posts Tagged ‘E.coli’

Eat seaweed, make fuel.

Well, that’s what happens if you are colony of genetically engineered E.coli bacteria! Scientists have given the bacteria genes that make it convert complex sugars in the seaweed into alcohol, which can then be used as a fuel. Seaweed is plentiful, and grows naturally in our oceans. A very good thing indeed! Up til now, biofuels like [...]