Bacteria from Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia conceal bioplastic
Wednesday, July 10, 2013 - 09:30
in Mathematics & Economics
In Bolivia, in the largest continuous salt desert in the world, researchers from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia have found a bacterium that stores large amounts of PHB, a prized polymer. This biodegradable plastic is used by the food and pharmaceutical industries, for example to produce nanospheres to transport antibiotics.