ORNL team develops method to customize wider range of microbes for better biofuel production

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By mmillikinSep 14, 2019, 5:30 am768 ptsInterestingTop
Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have demonstrated a method to insert genes into a variety of microorganisms that previously would not accept foreign DNA, with the goal of creating custom microbes to break down plants for bioenergy. A new method uses E. coli to…

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