- Scientists find bug that feasts on toxic plastic: A bacterium that feeds on toxic plastic has been discovered by scientists. The bug not only breaks the plastic down but uses it as food to power the process. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/27/scientists-find-bug-that-feasts-on-toxic-plastic 131 comments worldnews
- Scientists unearth extremophile bug that feasts on toxic plastic https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/27/scientists-find-bug-that-feasts-on-toxic-plastic 351 comments science
- [German] Scientists find bug that feasts on toxic plastic https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/27/scientists-find-bug-that-feasts-on-toxic-plastic 16 comments worldnews
- Scientists find bacterium that breaks down plastic https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/27/scientists-find-bug-that-feasts-on-toxic-plastic 3 comments science
Linking pages
- Scientists create mutant enzyme that recycles plastic bottles in hours | Plastics | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/08/scientists-create-mutant-enzyme-that-recycles-plastic-bottles-in-hours 2219 comments
- New super-enzyme eats plastic bottles six times faster | Plastics | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/28/new-super-enzyme-eats-plastic-bottles-six-times-faster 1200 comments
- Wax worm saliva rapidly breaks down plastic bags, scientists discover | Plastics | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/04/wax-worm-saliva-rapidly-breaks-down-plastic-bags-scientists-discover 730 comments
- How ‘super-enzymes’ that eat plastics could curb our waste problem | Plastics | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/05/how-super-enzymes-that-eat-plastics-could-curb-our-waste-problem 1 comment
Linked pages
- Scientists accidentally create mutant enzyme that eats plastic bottles | Plastics | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/16/scientists-accidentally-create-mutant-enzyme-that-eats-plastic-bottles 267 comments
- Plastic pollution risks 'near permanent contamination of natural environment' | Plastics | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/19/plastic-pollution-risks-near-permanent-contamination-of-natural-environment 0 comments
- Frontiers | Toward Biorecycling: Isolation of a Soil Bacterium That Grows on a Polyurethane Oligomer and Monomer https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00404/full 0 comments
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