Plastic from Bacteria
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Genetic engineering of bacteria yields a strain of E. Coli that generates plastic in the process of growing.
“Scientists at San Diego–based Genomatica, Inc., have announced success in manipulating the bacteria to directly produce butanediol (BDO), a chemical compound used to make everything from spandex to car bumpers, thereby providing a more energy-efficient way of making it without oil or natural gas.”
Read the full story on Scientific American.
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