Plastic waste as a novel substrate for industrial biotechnology

Nick Wierckx¹, M Auxiliadora Prieto², Pablo Pomposiello³, Victor de Lorenzo⁴, Kevin O'Connor^{5

6}, Lars M Blank¹

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¹ Institute of Applied Microbiology - iAMB, Aachen Biology and Biotechnology - ABBt, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, Aachen, 52074, Germany.
² Biological Research Center, The Spanish National Research Council (CIB-CSIC), C/ Ramiro de Maeztu, 9, Madrid, 28040, Spain.
³ Bacmine, Calle de Santiago Grisolía, Tres Cantos, 28760, Spain.
⁴ National Center of Biotechnology, The Spanish National Research Council (CNB-CSIC), C/Darwin, 3, Campus of Cantoblanco, Madrid, 28049, Spain.
⁵ School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science and Earth Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
⁶ Bioplastech, NovaUCD, University College Dublin, Belfield Innovation Park, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.

PMID: 26482561
PMCID: PMC4621443
DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.12312

Plastic waste as a novel substrate for industrial biotechnology

Nick Wierckx et al. Microb Biotechnol. 2015 Nov.

. 2015 Nov;8(6):900-3.

doi: 10.1111/1751-7915.12312. Epub 2015 Aug 25.

Authors

Nick Wierckx¹, M Auxiliadora Prieto², Pablo Pomposiello³, Victor de Lorenzo⁴, Kevin O'Connor^{5

6}, Lars M Blank¹

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Applied Microbiology - iAMB, Aachen Biology and Biotechnology - ABBt, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, Aachen, 52074, Germany.
² Biological Research Center, The Spanish National Research Council (CIB-CSIC), C/ Ramiro de Maeztu, 9, Madrid, 28040, Spain.
³ Bacmine, Calle de Santiago Grisolía, Tres Cantos, 28760, Spain.
⁴ National Center of Biotechnology, The Spanish National Research Council (CNB-CSIC), C/Darwin, 3, Campus of Cantoblanco, Madrid, 28049, Spain.
⁵ School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science and Earth Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
⁶ Bioplastech, NovaUCD, University College Dublin, Belfield Innovation Park, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.

PMID: 26482561
PMCID: PMC4621443
DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.12312

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