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Scientists create ‘super enzyme’ that eats plastic bottles six times faster – News-Daily.com
Scientists have created a new “super enzyme” that can break down plastic up to six times faster than their previous enzyme.
Scientists have created a new “super enzyme” that can break down plastic up to six times faster than their previous enzyme.
A team of researchers that previously re-engineered a plastic-eating enzyme named PETase have now combined it with a second enzyme to speed up the process, according to a press release from the University of Portsmouth.
The super enzyme could have major implications for recycling polyethylene terephthalate (PET), which is the most common thermoplastic used in single-use d…
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