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Study: Microbes Show Almost Universal Potential for Biodegrading Plastics

Researchers have identified more than 600,000 microbial proteins capable of breaking down natural and synthetic plastics, revealing a far broader biodegradation Schematic representation of bacteria producing a plastic-degrading enzyme involved in the breakdown of a plastic polymer. Our results suggests that microbial communities worldwide may already possess the molecular toolkit needed to respond to plastic... [4207 chars]

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