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A Japanese research team has discovered a plastic-eating bacteria called Ideonella sakaiensis that can break down polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic, which typically takes hundreds of years to degrade. The bacteria was found to fully break down PET plastic in as little as six weeks by producing two enzymes that penetrate the plastic
- Author
- Nonea Gabriel
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- EN