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Ideonella sakaiensis is a bacterium from the genus Ideonella and family Comamonadaceae capable of breaking down and consuming the plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) using it as both a carbon and energy source. The bacterium was originally isolated from a sediment sample taken outside of a plastic bottle recycling facility in Sakai City ...
A colony of I. sakaiensis could completely degrade a low-grade plastic water bottle in six weeks. Higher-grade PET products would require heating and cooling to weaken it before bacteria could start eating. [4] The bacteria could also be used to reduce industrial waste during plastics manufacturing. [4]
The first PETase was discovered in 2016 from Ideonella sakaiensis strain 201-F6 bacteria found from sludge samples collected close to a Japanese PET bottle recycling site. [1] [4] There were other types of hydrolases previously known to degrade PET, [2] including lipases, esterases, and cutinases. [5]
Scientists make a self-destructing plastic using plastic-eating bacteria in a sci-fi like development.
The marine bioplastivore was created by combining genetic material from two different bacteria, making the microbe fast-growing and hungry for plastic. With oceans polluted with plastic, NC State ...
Naegleria fowleri, also known as the brain-eating amoeba, is a species of the genus Naegleria. It belongs to the phylum Percolozoa and is classified as an amoeboflagellate excavate , [ 1 ] an organism capable of behaving as both an amoeba and a flagellate .
After an incubation period of more than 100 days, the UB team discovered that some PFAS had been degraded in the sample. This is not the first time a PFAS-eating bacteria has been found, but F11 ...
Plastic degradation in marine bacteria describes when certain pelagic bacteria break down polymers and use them as a primary source of carbon for energy. Polymers such as polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) are incredibly useful for their durability and relatively low cost of production, however it is their persistence and difficulty to be properly ...