Talk:Drunk Tank/@comment-4893169-20151112212130/@comment-24101790-20151112232304

Yup, the modified bacterium was months away from being released. It had been deemed a 'success' due to the fact no one tested it in soil that wasn't in a lab and sterile soil (and tried planting after it). Basically it would render land infertile in a few crop cycles. One independent scientist (Dr. Eleine Ingham at Oregon State University, if you feel like sending a 'thanks for saving the world' card.) decided to test in on wheat and was quite unsettled when the tainted soil basically killed everything planted in it in a week.

The latter bacteria that allows plants to absorb alcohol is fictional, otherwise a lot more frat boys would be interested in botany.