Detalle de: MIXed plastics biodegradation and UPcycling using microbial communities (MIXUP)

Co-PI CSIC: Juan Nogales (CNB-CSIC).

The main idea of MIX-UP (MIXed plastics biodegradation and UPcycling using microbial communities) is to showcase a novel approach for plastic recycling and therefore addresses one of the greatest challenges of our time: the establishment of a circular (bio)-economy for plastics. The continuing demand for plastic products, the lack of appropriate recycling and the ubiquitous pollution of the environment with plastic waste pose a global challenge. In this context, SGB is developing new synthetic biology tools and computational pipelines for the engineering of metabolically heterogeneous P. putida populations and synthetic microbial consortia for the efficient upcycling of PET.