The Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel has developed a carbon dioxide-eating E. coli.

Although most people are averse to E. coli, they are one of the more important subjects of research by scientists.
scientists recently successfully replaced the "food flavor" for E. coli.
Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel have developed a carbon dioxide-eating E. coli, according to a new paper published in the journal Cell.
the bacteria usually prefer sugar, or glucose, but lab-grown strains convert carbon dioxide into their own energy when they produce substances that can be used for biofuels.
currently, several E. coli stakes have been used to make biofuels, but they are usually made of sugar, which is not a rich substance.
scientists turned to new research breakthroughs.
researchers added an enzyme to the E. coli gene that converts carbon dioxide and removed other enzymes used to metabolize sugar, eventually successfully changing the source of the "food" on which they depend.
scientists put the bacteria in the lab for 200 days to prove they really don't need sugar to survive.
when the bacteria were studied again, the researchers found that they had "evolved" successfully and were able to grow without sugar. Ron Milo, who led the study at the
, said the team did not expect to make such a "huge change" to the genome of the bacteria.
the current problem is that E. coli emits more carbon dioxide than they do in the growth process, so researchers will need to do more research in the future to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions.
Although E. coli has a very bad reputation, it has been used to do many useful things.
a few years ago, researchers even created an E. coli-based "computer" when they studied how to store encrypted data in microbes.
improved E. coli could be used in the future to produce other chemicals that could even produce insulin for diabetics using carbon dioxide by-products produced in the steel or concrete industries. Frank Sargent, of the University of
Newcastle, said: "This technology has infinite possibilities, and this targeted evolution has won the Nobel Prize, which is a good example.
"E. coli can even be used to produce naked-covered mushrooms in magic mushrooms, a depression-preventing substance.
more and more people are testing it as a treatment for mental illness, such as addiction, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.
a team at the University of Miami genetically modified the bacteria to produce a large number of psychoactive naked mushrooms.
, the team behind the study did claim that the strain could be used to develop "food."
E. coli food may sound a bit stomach-churning, but we'll have to wait a long time to know what this future food will look like.
researchers say the work is basically a proof of concept, so the idea of using E. coli to make a holiday dinner may have to wait a while.
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