Plastic-eating bacteria turn waste into useful starting materials for other products (IMAGE)

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Plastic-eating bacteria turn waste into useful starting materials for other products

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These beads contain engineered E. coli that efficiently transform PET waste into a high-value compound.

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Adapted from ACS Central Science 2023, DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.3c00414

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