Conveyors and Accumulation Tables » green http://www.garvey.com We Handle It Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:18:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Put Those Bugs to Work http://www.garvey.com/2009/12/put-those-bugs-to-work/ http://www.garvey.com/2009/12/put-those-bugs-to-work/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:12:04 +0000 Ben Garvey http://www.garvey.com/?p=914 Scientists in Korea have figured out a way to circumvent the costly production of polylactic acid (PLA), which is used in the production of biodegradable, eco-friendly plastics. They’re using E. Coli bacteria. .
Before, we had to go through a two-step fermentation and complicated chemical process of polymerization. This time, we metabolically engineered E. coli and fed it with biomass. Then PLA could be accumulated right away in the E. Coli cells, ending up with a one-step process.”

E. Coli can help produce plastics

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