Researcher discovers 1 in 5 bacteria can break down plastic

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Jun 28, 2024, 6:31 am200 ptsTrending
Leiden Ph.D. candidate Jo-Anne Verschoor discovered that nearly 20% of the bacterial strains she studied could degrade plastic, though they needed some encouragement to do so. "Bacteria are just like people," says Verschoor. Her research was published in the journal Communications Biology.

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