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Tue Apr 23, 2013, 08:07 AM Apr 2013

E. coli bacteria 'can produce diesel biofuel'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22253746


The oil that the bacteria produced had a near-identical composition and chemical properties to conventional diesel

A strain of bacteria has been created that can produce fuel, scientists say.

Researchers genetically modified E. coli bacteria to convert sugar into an oil that is almost identical to conventional diesel.

If the process could be scaled up, this synthetic fuel could be a viable alternative to the fossil fuel, the team said.

The study is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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