Inspired by kombucha tea, engineers create 'living materials'

ScienceDaily
Jan 11, 2021, 11:21 am65 pts
Engineers have developed a new way to generate tough, functional materials using a mix of bacteria and yeast similar to the 'kombucha mother' used to ferment tea. Using this mix, called a Syn-SCOBY (synthetic symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast), they produced cellulose embedded with enzymes that can…

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