Researchers have modified certain bacteria with UV light so that they produce more cellulose. The basis for this is a new approach with which the researchers generate thousands of bacterial variants ...

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Scientists at Rice University and the University of Houston have created a powerful new material by guiding bacteria to grow cellulose in aligned patterns, resulting in sheets with the strength of ...

Plant-based plastics have become increasingly popular in recent years with growing concerns over plastic pollution. But plant-based ‘bioplastics’ are not new. The first man-made plastic was made in ...

Maksud Rahman, an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of Houston, has developed a method to convert bacterial cellulose into a multifunctional material that ...

Pots of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, navy, and purple. Coculturing engineered bacteria can produce a full spectrum of colored cellulose. Credit: Sang Yup Lee “We have currently produced seven ...

Bacteria produce materials that are of interest to humans, such as cellulose, silk and minerals. The advantage of producing bacteria in this way is that it is sustainable, takes place at room ...