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coli , the investigators got the bacteria to switch out molybdenum, a metal that is normally a critical part of the enzyme, for tungsten, by growing the bacteria in an excess of the latter. Normally, an enzyme in E. coli catalyzes the reverse of this reaction—the production of H 2 and CO 2 from formic acid.
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