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Earth's microbes may hide a near-universal plastic-eating arsenal, with 600,000 proteins poised to attack waste

Researchers have identified more than 600,000 microbial proteins capable of breaking down natural and synthetic plastics, revealing a far broader biodegradation potential across microbes than previously known.

Earth's microbes may hide a near-universal plastic-eating arsenal, with 600,000 proteins poised to attack waste
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Researchers have identified more than 600,000 microbial proteins capable of breaking down natural and synthetic plastics, revealing a far broader biodegradation potential across microbes than previously known.

Originally published at Phys.org

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