Thrifty trick for bacterial plastic upcycling
Implementation of a newly discovered metabolic pathway increases the CO2 efficiency of PET-utilizing bacteria
13-Feb-2023 -
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute in Marburg have developed a more efficient, carbon dioxide-conserving route to upcycle ethylene glycol, a constituent of the plastic PET. They enhanced the metabolism of the bacterium Pseudomonas putida with a novel route taken from marine microbes, ...
bacteria
ethylene glycol
Ideonella sakaiensis
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