Direct carbon capture for the production of high-performance biodegradable plastics by cyanobacterial cell factories
Chunlin Tan, Fei Tao, Ping Xu
Abstract
The engineered cyanobacterial cell factory was used to produce biodegradable polylactic acid directly from CO 2 .
Topics & Concepts
Polylactic acidFactory (object-oriented programming)Production (economics)Carbon fibersChemistryWaste managementPulp and paper industryMaterials scienceEngineeringOrganic chemistryComputer sciencePolymerComposite materialProgramming languageEconomicsMacroeconomicsComposite numberbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesAlgal biology and biofuel productionMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction