Scientists successfully produce microbial plastic to replace PET bottles​

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Source: KAIST Metabolic and Biomolecular Engineering National Research Laboratory

A research team has succeeded in developing a microbial strain that efficiently produces pseudoaromatic polyester monomer to replace polyethylene terephthalate (PET) using systems metabolic engineering.

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