Jiménez Diego Javier, Sanchez Alvaro, Dini-Andreote Francisco
Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología - CSIC, Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain.
Trends Biotechnol. 2024 Mar;42(3):265-268. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2023.09.011. Epub 2023 Oct 14.
The design and study of active microbial consortia able to degrade plastics represent an exciting area of research toward the development of bio-based alternatives to efficiently transform plastic waste. This forum article discusses concepts and mechanisms to inform emerging strategies for engineering microbiomes to transform plastics under controlled settings.