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WHS students make E. coli bacteria glow with jellyfish DNA

WORLAND – Part of the Worland High School AP (Advanced Placement) biology curriculum is to inject E. coli bacteria with jellyfish DNA to create glowing colonies that, once started, could be manipulated into works of art in a petri dish.

For the last three years the AP biology classes have tried to achieve that goal but were unable until this year.

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