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Greener Glass...Bacteria could make acrylic glass from sugar

By Lauren Calhoon

Researcher at the University of Duisberg-Essen in Germany has discovered a bacterial enzyme that creates a key raw material for making acrylic glass and acryclic paints. This enzyme could provide a new pathway to producing acrylics without using fossil fuels or generating much toxic waste.

While bacteria have been used to create various plastics before, this is the first time scientists have discovered a biosynthetic pathway to making acrylic glass--the clear, durable plastic often used as a shatter-resistant alternative to glass. The researchers believe that acrylic glass made with the newly discovered bacterial enzyme could hit the market in roughly a decade. "We have the enzyme," says Thore Rohwerder, a microbiologist at the University of Duisberg-Essen. "Now we need a process that's going to produce really high amounts. I'm optimistic about it."

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