Jean-Luc Audic, a research professor at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie in Rennes, has succeeded in producing a bioplastic with astonishing properties. How did he do it? By feeding marine bacteria with waste from the local agri-food industry, then stressing them!
Rennes. Chemist stresses bacteria to produce plastic
Jean-Luc Audic, a research professor at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie in Rennes, has succeeded in producing a bioplastic with astonishing properties. How did he do it? By feeding marine bacteria with waste from the local agri-food industry, then stressing them! SOURCE: http://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/rennes-35000/rennes-le-chimiste-stresse-les-bacteries-pour-produire-du-plastique-4719717