<i>E. coli</i> on Petri Dish (IMAGE)

Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard

<i>E. coli</i> on Petri Dish

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By rerouting the metabolic pathway that makes fatty acids in E. coli bacteria like these, Wyss Institute researchers have devised a new way to produce a gasoline-like biofuel.

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Wyss Institute, Harvard University

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