Manufacturing Adhesive with E. Coli Instead of Petroleum… KAIST Designs E. Coli Metabolic Pathway

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(Daejeon = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Jun-ho = The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) is producing a new bio-based polymer from glucose using E. coli, and this material is hotmel...

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Many hot adhesives are still made of oil-based plastics, which are only poorly degraded after use. Researchers have now converted Escherichia coli so that the bacteria produce two new biopolymers of glucose with hot adhesive properties. One of the substances achieved a similar shear strength to a commercial EVA adhesive on stainless steel and was melted up several times. Daejeon (South Korea). Hot melt adhesives are heated as solid materials, ap…