The bacteria turning waste plastic into painkillers

The bacteria turning waste plastic into painkillers

But how did E. coli come to be such a mainstay of biotechnology, why is it so useful and what might its future hold? E. coli's dominance stems from its role as a model organism for understanding general biological principles, says Thomas Silhavy, a professor of molecular biologist at Princeton Unive...

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