Engineered bacteria can produce a plastic modifier that makes renewably sourced plastic more processable, more fracture resistant and highly biodegradable even in sea water. The development provides a platform for the industrial-scale, tunable production of a material that holds great potential for turning the plastic industry green.
Engineered bacteria can produce a plastic modifier that makes renewably sourced plastic more processable, more fracture resistant and highly biodegradable even in sea water. The Kobe University development provides a platform for the industrial-scale, tunable production of a material that holds great potential for turning the plastic industry green.
To overcome these difficulties, Kobe University bioengineers around TAGUCHI Seiichi together with the biodegradable polymer manufacturing company Kaneka Corporation decided to mix polylactic acid with another bioplastic, called LAHB, which has a range of desirable properties, but most of all it is biodegradable and mixes well with polylactic acid.
The Kobe University bioengineers, however, dream bigger. The strain of bacteria they used in this work is in principle able to use COas a raw material. It should thus be possible to synthesize useful plastics directly from the greenhouse gas. Taguchi explains,"Through the synergy of multiple projects, we aim to realize a biomanufacturing technology that effectively links microbial production and material development.
Sangho Koh, Sho Furutate, Yusuke Imai, Toshihiko Kanda, Shinji Tanaka, Yuichi Tominaga, Shunsuke Sato, Seiichi Taguchi.Bio-based plastics often end up in recycling streams because they look and feel like conventional plastic, but the contamination of these compostable products makes it much harder to generate ...
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