Bacteria make thermally stable plastics similar to polystyrene and PET for the first time

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Aug 21, 2024, 11:00 am124 pts
Bioengineers around the world have been working to create plastic-producing microbes that could replace the petroleum-based plastics industry. Now, researchers from Korea have overcome a major hurdle: getting bacteria to produce polymers that contain ring-like structures, which make the plastics more rigid and…

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