THE SCOPE OF BIOFUEL
CHEMISTRY IN E. COLI
An E. coli cell harbors more than four thousand
genes, hundreds of metabolic pathways,
and thousands of metabolites. Figure 2 summarizes
the range of energy-rich molecules that are
either naturally present in E. coli or could readily
be produced in this host by relatively straightforward
genetic manipulation. (Very similar
metabolic processes also operate in other