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https://www.sciencealert.com/new-plastic-munching-bacteria-could-fuel-a-recycling-revolution 1/4
6/28/2018 Scientists Just Discovered Plastic-Eating Bacteria That Can Break Down PET
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Now a team at Kyoto University has, by rummaging around in
piles of waste, found a plastic munching microbe. After ve
years of searching through 250 samples, they isolated a
bacteria that could live on poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET),
a common plastic used in bottles and clothing. They named
the new species of bacteria Ideonella sakaiensis.
https://www.sciencealert.com/new-plastic-munching-bacteria-could-fuel-a-recycling-revolution 2/4
6/28/2018 Scientists Just Discovered Plastic-Eating Bacteria That Can Break Down PET
https://www.sciencealert.com/new-plastic-munching-bacteria-could-fuel-a-recycling-revolution 4/4