Comments on: Scientists Develop Plastic-Producing Bacteria

By: asamir1986

asamir1986 — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 12:20:29 +0000

I found that an amazing thing , i have also a strain of microorganism can produce a chemical substance resemble the plastic and gave a high amount of that .

By: Miz Bhaven

Miz Bhaven — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:22:33 +0000

Uh…hello…isn’t PLASTIC itself the problem??? It’s filling up our landfills and creating a floating plastic garbage island in the Pacific ocean! We don’t need more plastic containers…we need quickly decomposing biodegradable containers for EVERYTHING!!!

By: Gang green

Gang green — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:43:37 +0000

Unfortunately, I expect this does not imply that the resulting plastic is biodegradable . . . as with bacteria that produce PHA-based plastic (which is more expensive).

By: pinkrobe

pinkrobe — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:56:38 +0000

They should further engineer the E. coli to allow hamburgers to produce their own wrappers.

By: sylrayj

sylrayj — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:11:06 +0000

I am amused thinking of bacteria making their own petri plates…