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Cosmetics from waste? Microbial discovery unlocks greener route to high-value chemical products

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Cosmetics from waste? Microbial discovery unlocks greener route to high-value chemical products
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Researchers at University of Toronto's Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry have made a key discovery about how certain bacterial strains produce a set of economically valuable chemicals—opening the door to new, more sustainable production methods. The finding, published in Nature Microbiology, shows how a family of molecules used in everything from cleaning products to cosmetics to nutritional supplements could be made via bacterial fermentation instead of from palm oil, as th

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