#mutant enzyme

[intelligentliving]

This Bacteria Breaks Down Toxic Plastic And Eats It Too

Scientists found a new strain of bacteria that feeds on toxic plastic and uses it as food to power the process of breaking the plastic down. It’s the first known bacteria to attack polyurethane. The research team found the bacterium at a waste site where a considerable amount of plastic...

[hiko73]

Scientists create mutant enzyme that recycles plastic bottles in hours — The Guardian

Bacterial enzyme originally found in compost can be used to make high-quality new bottles

[apple-magazine]

Scientists have created a mutant enzyme that devours plastic

Scientists have created a mutant enzyme that devours plastic

Finally, thanks to the accidental creation of a mutant enzyme, we might have a solution to the ever-growing problem of plastic pollution. In Japan, hidden in the soil at a plastics recycling plant, scientists unearthed a microbe that had evolved to eat the soda bottles that had began to overtake its habitat. This discovery was announced back in 2016, but now scientists in the UK have upped their…

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