Mangrove soils contain bacteria with PET-degrading enzymes capable of breaking down and transforming plastic. A way to select a suite of mangrove bacteria that can transform plastic has been developed that potentially offers a new strategy in the global toolkit of plastic waste cleanup.
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Mangrove microbes to munch on plastic
Mangrove soils are affected by the accumulation of plastic waste, but they may also hold a key to reduce its environmental impacts.
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