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Neat News 2024-252 (added 2024-10-04)

Plastic eating bacteria

© Muntaka Chasant [CC BY-SA 4.0]

A new study finds that a particular family of bacteria, comamonadacae, can break down plastic for food. This may lead to solutions to get rid of difficult to remove plastic waste.

related: #plastic #bacteria

News seen at: ScienceDaily - Top Science News

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