Last year, BMW opened a carbon fiber production plant in Moses Lake, Wash., where it will manufacture the material for the i - class vehicles. (scientificamerican.com)
This allows the scientists to use the trigger molecule as a switch to turn curli fiber production on or off. (treehugger.com)
This puts control of curli fiber production in the hands of the researchers, who can adjust the amount of AHL in the cells» environment. (sciencedaily.com)