Computer illustration of Ideonella sakaiensis bacteria degrading a plastic bottle. I. sakaiensis was discovered in 2016 in sediment near a plastic bottle recycling facility in Japan. It is able to use the plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) as its primary energy source. To do so it uses two enzymes,PET hydrolase (PETase) and MHET hydrolase (MHETase),to convert PET to terephthalic acid (TPA) and ethylene glycol. | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Kon, Kateryna |
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