Diego Javier Jiménez, Alvaro Sanchez, Francisco Dini-Andreote
Author Information
Diego Javier Jiménez: Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: diego.jimenezavella@kaust.edu.sa.
Alvaro Sanchez: Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología - CSIC, Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain.
Francisco Dini-Andreote: Department of Plant Science and Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA; The One Health Microbiome Center, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
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.
