Nat. Chem. Biol. 6, 398–399 (2010); published online 17 May 2010; retracted 14 February 2014

In view of the fact that the authors of “Reprogramming bacteria to seek and destroy an herbicide” are retracting their report, I wish to retract my News and Views article, which dealt with this study and was based on the accuracy and reproducibility of its data.