To convert the plastics, O'Connor's team used a strain of soil bacteria known as Pseudomonas putida. In nature, this microorganism lives in the ground, ... or PHA. PHA is made up of ...

The microbes, a special strain of the soil bacterium Pseudomonas putida, converted polystyrene foam — commonly known as Styrofoam™ — into a biodegradable plastic, according to Kevin O ...

Scientists discover that agriculture exists in the microbial world: the thick-footed morel fungus is able to farm bacteria much like humans do, using cultivation, harvesting, storage, dispersal ...

The microbes, a special strain of the soil bacterium Pseudomonas putida, converted polystyrene foam — commonly known as Styrofoam™ — into a biodegradable plastic, according to Kevin O ...

Ting Lu, James Collins and colleagues designed two genetically engineered strains of the soil bacterium Pseudomonas putida to upcycle one of the most common plastics, polyethylene terephthalate. Each ...

Wierckz and his colleagues took a strain known as P. putida KT2440 and gave it genes to help it metabolise various chemicals in ... “The Pseudomonas consumes almost all the pre-treated plastic ...

The microbes, a special strain of the soil bacterium Pseudomonas putida, converted polystyrene foam — commonly known as Styrofoam — into a biodegradable plastic, ... oil to P. putida, a bacterium that ...