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Bacteria That Eats Plastic | Jersey News
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A groundbreaking discovery reveals soil bacteria Ideonella sakaiensis can break down polyethylene plastic using powerful enzymes—offering a natural, scalable solution to global plastic pollution. Scientists are now engineering these enzymes for efficiency and mass production, turning nature’s own tools into a potential game-changer for cleaning up landfills and oceans, though ecological safety remains a key challenge.
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