Professor Mellies Discusses Plastic Eating Bacteria on Podcast
Posted January 6, 2025
Professor Jay Mellies joined the hosts of the “Criss-Crossing Science” podcast this week to discuss his research on plastic eating bacteria. Listen to the episode.
Recent publications, student co-authors appear in bold:
Shingwekar, D, Lutz, N, Botes, DS, Cabrera-Vega, EJ, Campillo-Alvarado, G, Mellies, JL, and Loya, JD. Polymorphism control of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) degradation product via mechanochemistry leads to accelerated microbial degradation. RSC Mechanochemistry. 2024 Issue 5. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4MR00060A.
Bicknell, J, Bondarenko, I, Colatrella, A, Cabrera-Vega, EJ, Loya, JD, Botes, DS, Mellies, JL, and Gonzalo Campillo-Alvarado, G. Increased thermal stability and retained antibacterial properties in a sulbactam and amantadine salt: towards effective antibacterial–antiviral combination therapies. RSC Pharmaceutics. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4PM00247D.
Shingwekar, D, Laster, H, Kemp, H, and Mellies, JL. Two-Step Chemo-Microbial Degradation of Post-Consumer Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Plastic Enabled by a Biomass-Waste Catalyst. Bioengineering. 2023, 10(11), 1253; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering10111253.