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Some of the most challenging tasks of our times are to combat global warming, to avoid further contamination of the environment with plastics, and to provide enough food for an increasing world population. A promising contribution to these overwhelming problems can be made by modern biotechnology. Here, we present the concept of a modular co-culture in which the feedstock is produced from CO2 and light by a cyanobacterium and converted directly to bioplastic (PHA) by a heterotrophic strain.
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Löwe, H., Kremling, A. & Pflüger-Grau, K. Bioplastik aus Licht und Luft – das Konzept einer synthetischen Ko-Kultur. Biospektrum 23, 338–340 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12268-017-0802-8
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