cientists have just now realized the importance of A. eutrophus’s ability to produce plastic and are trying to harness this power. Many researchers are now growing mass cultures of A. eutrophus in conditions that promote PHB production and extracting the plastic. Others are using genetic engineering to insert the DNA sequences of the three enzymes discussed above into the DNA of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana, thus growing plants able to synthesize plastics. One group of Michigan Sate University researchers was successful in using A. thaliana plants to produce PHB granules. Incredibly, 14% of the plants’ dry weights were accumulations of PHB.