Did you hear about the GMO that almost destroyed all life?

Andrew Porterfield | September 6, 2016 | Genetic Literacy Project

Once upon a time, way back in 1990, a German company modified the genetics of a bacterium so it could efficiently ferment plant waste, turning the material into ethanol. There was, the story goes, just one problem: the bacteria, Klebsiella planticola, “almost killed the world with booze,” according to an article on Cracked.

Earth Island Journal took a less sarcastic tack, quoting retired genetics professor and now environmental activist David Suzuki:  Geneticist David Suzuki understands that what took place was truly ominous. “The genetically engineered Klebsiella,” he says, “could have ended all plant life on this continent. The implications of this single case are nothing short of terrifying.......
,,...According to a very recent article in Organics.org, the Green Party activists and scientists saved us all in the nick of time:.......But problems with her and Holmes’ story began.......The paper she and Holmes wrote with their results actually doesn’t exist (the volume and page numbers were false, and no other citation can be found).

In her apology: I was incorrect...... we need more data to be able to make a clear judgement on the most likely outcome.  Any data would have been nice. And today, we still have plants. And GMOs. And alcohol.....To Read More....