Synthetic e. coli could build a better biofuel: study

December 8, 2008

A gas station attendant fills up a car. US researcher have engineered a synthetic version of the common e. coli bacteria that could help build a better biofuel, according to a study published Monday.

US researcher have engineered a synthetic version of the common e. coli bacteria that could help build a better biofuel, according to a study published Monday.

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• makotech222 - Dec 08, 2008
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  duh. usualy humans are better a building things that benefit us, rather than nature building them.
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• superhuman - Dec 08, 2008
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  This is the first time researchers have been able to synthesize long-chain alcohol.

  
  
  1. Organic chemists synthesized such alcohols ages ago
  2. In the above case its not researchers but bacteria who synthesize it.
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