Pseudomonas Putida CBB5 - Bacteria That Can Live On Caffeine
Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - 14:20
in Biology & Nature
Think you can't live without caffeine? Some bacteria can live on caffeine. Previous studies discovered caffeine-degrading bacteria, but new research one goes a step further and identifies four bacteria that can live on the compound. One of them, known as Pseudomonas putida CBB5, was found in a flowerbed outside a University of Iowa research laboratory. Now they have identified the gene sequence that enables the bacterium to break down the caffeine compound in nature.read more