In a bid toovercome the drawbacks ofexistingbiofuels, researchershaveengineered a bacteriumthat canconverta form of raw plantbiomassdirectly into clean, road-ready diesel.
The report examines the take-up of maize that has had the gene for a natural insecticide produced by a bacterium called Bacillus thuringiensis, or Bt, engineered into it.