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− | <img id="bacteria_con_capa" class="bottom right" alt="Super bacteria" src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2015/8/83/Description-bacteria_con_capa.png" />
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− | <div class="half last"> | + | <p>Each year, 130 million tons of fossil plastics are produced in the world, which take 500-1000 years to degrade, and pollute the environment; 1,5 millions of marine animals were killed in 2014. A sustainable initiative is to produce biodegradable plastics; however its synthesis process (chemical and biological) is complex and expensive.</p> |
− | <p>Each year, 130 million tons of fossil plastics are produced in the world, which take 500-1000 years to degrade, and pollute the environment; 1,5 millions of marine animals were killed in 2014. A sustainable initiative is to produce biodegradable plastics; however its synthesis process (chemical and biological) is complex and expensive.</p>
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| <p>The team UChile-OpenBio is designing two populations of Bacteria to achieve this: Escherichia coli to produce a biodegradable plastic called PLA (Polylactic acid) from easy to assimilate renewable resources.</p> | | <p>The team UChile-OpenBio is designing two populations of Bacteria to achieve this: Escherichia coli to produce a biodegradable plastic called PLA (Polylactic acid) from easy to assimilate renewable resources.</p> |
| <p>In this way, the team would help fighting against pollution, contributing to a better world!</p> | | <p>In this way, the team would help fighting against pollution, contributing to a better world!</p> |
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| + | <img id="bacteria_con_capa" class="bottom right" alt="Super bacterias" src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2015/9/94/Uchile-Openbio_hug.jpeg" /> |
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