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$9.2 Million Heading to CU Boulder For E. coli Study

by KREX News Room
by Kristina Kuestner

Story Created: Dec 5, 2012 at 11:49 PM MDT

Story Updated: Dec 6, 2012 at 12:07 AM MDT

BOULDER, Colo. (AP)- The University of Colorado Boulder is line for a five-year, $9.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to research how to manipulate E. coli to produce cost-competitive bio fuels.

The team will use a nonpathogenic strain of E. coli to pinpoint what part of its genome can be used to make bio fuels or other chemicals at a low cost.

The team also includes scientists from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

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