Laboratory-evolved bacteria switch to consuming carbon dioxide for growth

ScienceDaily
Nov 27, 2019, 4:14 pm169 pts
Over the course of several months, researchers created Escherichia coli strains that consume carbon dioxide for energy instead of organic compounds. This achievement in synthetic biology highlights the incredible plasticity of bacterial metabolism and could provide the framework for future carbon-neutral…

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