A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate)

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@AzazelAfterDark Here we go! Scientists found a strain of bacteria outside of a Japanese plastic factory that can eat plastics. So synthetics beware! https://t.co/PJzaA0JJIc

RT @NaijaFlyingDr: Some bacteria think plastic is fantastic Bacteria isolated from outside a bottle-recycling facility can break down and…

RT @NaijaFlyingDr: Some bacteria think plastic is fantastic Bacteria isolated from outside a bottle-recycling facility can break down and…

RT @NaijaFlyingDr: Some bacteria think plastic is fantastic Bacteria isolated from outside a bottle-recycling facility can break down and…

RT @NaijaFlyingDr: Some bacteria think plastic is fantastic Bacteria isolated from outside a bottle-recycling facility can break down and…

RT @NaijaFlyingDr: Some bacteria think plastic is fantastic Bacteria isolated from outside a bottle-recycling facility can break down and…

RT @NaijaFlyingDr: Bacteria isolated from outside a bottle-recycling facility can break down plastic https://t.co/WYZOlhz673

Bacteria isolated from outside a bottle-recycling facility can break down plastic

RT @NaijaFlyingDr: Some bacteria think plastic is fantastic Bacteria isolated from outside a bottle-recycling facility can break down and…

RT @LisbethSalaMera: La #Bateria bautizada💧 Indonela sakaiensis, capaz de comer el más común de los plásticos ( tereflato de etileno o PET)…

"A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate)" @SCImag_news via https://t.co/okGnldEISq #ComunicaCiencia #Ecuador

La #Bateria bautizada💧 Indonela sakaiensis, capaz de comer el más común de los plásticos ( tereflato de etileno o PET), lentamente hasta desaparecer lo. 📃https://t.co/WAve57oGDZ Resumen👉https://t.co/w8DXjzjkBo #Fisiologia #Animales #Comunicaciencia @Pcasbr

@EcoSenseNow And when it gets smaller, nature takes care of it. :) https://t.co/XEDyOIFnM8

@thanate7 We're teaching the microbiome to eat plastic. It's only a matter of time before our cars/houses biodegrade. https://t.co/S3qoDmRChA

@CrisprandCrypto @zeiss_micro A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate) https://t.co/PloIC3NsyJ

@WildAid @EcoWatch We have to change our recognition …→ A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate) | Science https://t.co/EntxE8fkiF

Oh look! Another example of exactly what you've asked for! This time it's a bacterium that now has the information to digest plastic that its ancestors didn't have! So, now you know your opinions were based on fallacies, how have they changed? https:/

@KatherineShayne @JambeckResearch @PlastispherePod A few recent ones: Yoshida et al 2015 https://t.co/VoAXAjI5cc , yang et al 2015 https://t.co/2FopGAnGPo , and (a bit self promoting - a recent paper I worked on!) https://t.co/41FHNsQQRG

RT @iamscicomm: @sustainablesam_ @Antony_Clements @SETAC_world Recently microbes that can degrade PET in landfill conditions were also disc…

RT @iamscicomm: @sustainablesam_ @Antony_Clements @SETAC_world Recently microbes that can degrade PET in landfill conditions were also disc…

@sustainablesam_ @Antony_Clements @SETAC_world Recently microbes that can degrade PET in landfill conditions were also discovered. Check it out: https://t.co/nVWXAc2SyD https://t.co/7BWQqvWkN8

RT @NaijaFlyingDr: Some bacteria think plastic is fantastic Bacteria isolated from outside a bottle-recycling facility can break down and…

RT @stillunindented: I’m curious, what will consume the enzyme? https://t.co/t4ACjfS4OT

RT @NaijaFlyingDr: Some bacteria think plastic is fantastic Bacteria isolated from outside a bottle-recycling facility can break down and…

RT @stillunindented: I’m curious, what will consume the enzyme? https://t.co/t4ACjfS4OT

RT @NaijaFlyingDr: Some bacteria think plastic is fantastic Bacteria isolated from outside a bottle-recycling facility can break down and…

RT @NaijaFlyingDr: Some bacteria think plastic is fantastic Bacteria isolated from outside a bottle-recycling facility can break down and…

RT @stillunindented: I’m curious, what will consume the enzyme? https://t.co/t4ACjfS4OT

I’m curious, what will consume the enzyme?

RT @NaijaFlyingDr: Some bacteria think plastic is fantastic Bacteria isolated from outside a bottle-recycling facility can break down and…

RT @NaijaFlyingDr: Some bacteria think plastic is fantastic Bacteria isolated from outside a bottle-recycling facility can break down and…

Oya, let's spray it everywhere. Hopefully it evolves to eat humans too.

RT @NaijaFlyingDr: Some bacteria think plastic is fantastic Bacteria isolated from outside a bottle-recycling facility can break down and…

RT @NaijaFlyingDr: @gossyomega plis let use this to clean up our Lagos Riviera 😁 https://t.co/WYZOlhQGYB

RT @NaijaFlyingDr: Some bacteria think plastic is fantastic Bacteria isolated from outside a bottle-recycling facility can break down and…

RT @NaijaFlyingDr: Some bacteria think plastic is fantastic Bacteria isolated from outside a bottle-recycling facility can break down and…

RT @NaijaFlyingDr: Some bacteria think plastic is fantastic Bacteria isolated from outside a bottle-recycling facility can break down and…

RT @NaijaFlyingDr: Some bacteria think plastic is fantastic Bacteria isolated from outside a bottle-recycling facility can break down and…

@gossyomega plis let use this to clean up our Lagos Riviera 😁

Some bacteria think plastic is fantastic Bacteria isolated from outside a bottle-recycling facility can break down and metabolize plastic https://t.co/ZfFwfUDHi3 https://t.co/TONfKUE8iJ

Drowning in #Plastic - the full scale of the world’s plastic problem https://t.co/poqmmCkPcQ discovering/engineering #biology 1 https://t.co/06eTkPF75V 2 https://t.co/j3Qw5NuV15

A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate) https://t.co/r3kNKasHRU

@PatrickHeneise Depends on which source you want to use. https://t.co/zDOPlfrTj6 But it's probably best to ask the author of the book "Giants", Peter @ProjectCensored, about the source for the claim of 450 years. #giants #transnational #capitalist #cla

A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate) https://t.co/Z9cVJ0esVa

A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate) https://t.co/myrVsPxor1

RT @HotPaperTweet: 【微生物学】【高分子化学】ペット樹脂をエチレングリコールとテレフタル酸に分解して、自身が増殖するための栄養にしてしまう細菌が、大阪府堺市のリサイクル工場で発見された。 https://t.co/eYYwLYmXaY

RT @HotPaperTweet: 【微生物学】【高分子化学】ペット樹脂をエチレングリコールとテレフタル酸に分解して、自身が増殖するための栄養にしてしまう細菌が、大阪府堺市のリサイクル工場で発見された。 https://t.co/eYYwLYmXaY

Científicos japoneses descubrieron una bacteria que su dieta está basada en comer plástico como desechables, pet y demás y con esto poder ayudar a reducir la basura del océano. #DiaMundialDeLosOceanos https://t.co/8vKpFWPvb6

And here is some great news. A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate) https://t.co/RvhHLiTQW0

A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate) https://t.co/JVZ4kIJHoi

RT @himachi1335: @uta393tap @Tomomichikobaya 他にも2016年のScienceでは京都工繊大と慶応大の研究者らがPET等を分解できるバクテリアを発見し発表していますhttps://t.co/dNJZQs50Fy プラスチックは変な修…

@clarkemodet_co @elespectador Interesante nota: en 2016 Yoshida et al publican en Science https://t.co/JwLPtKoreN, destacando dos enzimas degradantes de PET en una cepa de Ideonella sakaiensis. ¿Puede protegerse una cepa bacteriana para explotar comercialm

Some bacteria think plastic is fantastic https://t.co/huwLaYkGAJ

@crazyfillyjonk https://t.co/Vowd9AqKDh ?

A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate) https://t.co/agt9pCPYXi

mmm... sounds to good to be truth...A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate) https://t.co/h6eY7NBr2K

Científicos diseñan una enzima come plástico https://t.co/4HCINCbPjY Reporte: https://t.co/1a0f9VRyWC

RT @AsapSCIENCE: Researchers accidentally created a mutant enzyme that breaks down plastic bottles. Tweaking a bacterium they discovered in…

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RT @polusplanchnos: A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate) https://t.co/MxLMPtJcAt

RT @himachi1335: @uta393tap @Tomomichikobaya 他にも2016年のScienceでは京都工繊大と慶応大の研究者らがPET等を分解できるバクテリアを発見し発表していますhttps://t.co/dNJZQs50Fy プラスチックは変な修…

@uta393tap @Tomomichikobaya 他にも2016年のScienceでは京都工繊大と慶応大の研究者らがPET等を分解できるバクテリアを発見し発表していますhttps://t.co/dNJZQs50Fy プラスチックは変な修飾がなければ、炭素の二重/三重結合を切れる酵素で分解できちゃうので、人知れず今日も細菌がプラスチックを分解しているかもしれませんね～

RT @AsapSCIENCE: Researchers accidentally created a mutant enzyme that breaks down plastic bottles. Tweaking a bacterium they discovered in…

A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate) https://t.co/Us33KcEEjg

RT @AsapSCIENCE: Researchers accidentally created a mutant enzyme that breaks down plastic bottles. Tweaking a bacterium they discovered in…

https://t.co/B51jUEd2RW If you don't know the original bacteria in reference you should read ahead. It's pretty cool! https://t.co/UkXHlOCxoG

A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate) https://t.co/EasyFkv4eG

RT @AsapSCIENCE: Researchers accidentally created a mutant enzyme that breaks down plastic bottles. Tweaking a bacterium they discovered in…

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A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate) https://t.co/pQHs22Mc4P

RT @AsapSCIENCE: Researchers accidentally created a mutant enzyme that breaks down plastic bottles. Tweaking a bacterium they discovered in…

RT @AsapSCIENCE: Researchers accidentally created a mutant enzyme that breaks down plastic bottles. Tweaking a bacterium they discovered in…

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Found the answer from the quoted bacterium discovery article in the link to sciencemag - terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol https://t.co/IMx73ftlBH

RT @pablo_jack: @mariadelcuy https://t.co/3xS8WEL38R Figura 3

@mariadelcuy https://t.co/3xS8WEL38R Figura 3

BBC News - Recycling hope for plastic-hungry enzyme https://t.co/qlqXUbCLXU. See https://t.co/fbivRHw5FB

I knew we would get past plastic. Let's just hope we don't mess this up too https://t.co/Ov8p7pCe0Z

RT @AsapSCIENCE: Researchers accidentally created a mutant enzyme that breaks down plastic bottles. Tweaking a bacterium they discovered in…

RT @AsapSCIENCE: Researchers accidentally created a mutant enzyme that breaks down plastic bottles. Tweaking a bacterium they discovered in…

RT @AsapSCIENCE: Researchers accidentally created a mutant enzyme that breaks down plastic bottles. Tweaking a bacterium they discovered in…

YAASSS let’s get them imported to the USA where not enough people recycle! #Recycle #sciencematters #japan https://t.co/YZncqHSjMd

RT @AsapSCIENCE: Researchers accidentally created a mutant enzyme that breaks down plastic bottles. Tweaking a bacterium they discovered in…

RT @AsapSCIENCE: Researchers accidentally created a mutant enzyme that breaks down plastic bottles. Tweaking a bacterium they discovered in…

RT @AsapSCIENCE: Researchers accidentally created a mutant enzyme that breaks down plastic bottles. Tweaking a bacterium they discovered in…

RT @AsapSCIENCE: Researchers accidentally created a mutant enzyme that breaks down plastic bottles. Tweaking a bacterium they discovered in…

RT @AsapSCIENCE: Researchers accidentally created a mutant enzyme that breaks down plastic bottles. Tweaking a bacterium they discovered in…

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