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E.coli a future source of energy?

Thomas Wood, a professor in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University has "tweaked" a strain of E. coli so that it produces substantial amounts of hydrogen. Specifically, Wood's strain produces 140 times more hydrogen than is created in a naturally occurring process, according to an article in "Microbial Biotechnology," detailing his research.

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