- Researchers have discovered that the common bacteria E. coli can be deployed as a sustainable way to convert post-consumer plastic into vanillin, a new study reveals. Vanillin is the primary component of extracted vanilla beans and is responsible for the characteristic taste and smell of vanilla. https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2021/bacteria-serves-tasty-solution-to-plastic-crisis 259 comments science
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