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Plastic-eating bacteria could help recycle waste ‘six times faster’ – Robotics and Automation News
The University of Portsmouth scientists who re-engineered the plastic-eating enzyme PETase have now created an enzyme “cocktail” which can digest plastic up to …
The University of Portsmouth scientists who re-engineered the plastic-eating enzyme PETase have now created an enzyme cocktail which can digest plastic up to six times faster.
A second enzyme, found in the same rubbish dwelling bacterium that lives on a diet of plastic bottles, has been combined with PETase to speed up the breakdown of plastic.
PETase breaks down polyethylene terephthalate (PET) back into its building blocks, creating an opportunity to recycle plastic infinitely and reduce pla…
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