Designed CO2 Fixation in E. coli 12-14-2019 by Paul Giem
Channel: ItIsAboutGod
Date: 2019-12-16

A recent article and accompanying press release detailed an experiment that resulted in Escherichia coli being able to get essentially all of its carbon from CO2 in the atmosphere. This was alleged to be a major step forward in organisms being able to reduce CO2 concentration in the atmosphere, thus helping reduce global warming. The paper also claimed to demonstrate what evolution can accomplish. Those claims are examined.


1. Gleizer, S. et al. 2017. Conversion of Escherichia coli to Generate All Biomass Carbon from CO2. Cell 179, 1255–1263. At https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)31230-9
2. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191127161450.htm

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