Figure 2. Preliminary experimental results.
Growth after 96 h at 37 °C in a shaking incubator. The beaker labeled (A) contains LB media inoculated with PLA plastic extruded from the printer nozzle at 220 °C. The beaker labeled (B) contains LB media inoculated with a segment of unextruded PLA plastic filament from the same spool. The beaker labeled (C) contains uninoculated LB.