Supplying Safe Drinking Water: The first caffeine-addicted bacteria
Some people may joke about living on caffeine, but scientists now have genetically engineered E. coli bacteria to do that \u2014 literally. Their report in the journal ACS Synthetic Biology describes bacteria being \u201caddicted\u201d to caffeine in a way that promises practical uses ranging from decontamination of wastewater to bioproduction of medications for asthma.