Plastic pollution is one of the defining environmental challenges of our time—and some of nature's tiniest organisms may ...

The team further confirmed the enzyme's plastic-eating role when they deleted the gene that codes for it in a P. aeruginosa ...

Scientists warn that a dangerous superbug capable of digesting medical plastic is silently spreading through hospitals, ...

Scientists at the University of Portsmouth are to develop ‘plastic-eating’ enzymes that could help solve the ever-growing problem of waste polyester clothing. Polyester is the most widely-used ...

While scavenging through a compost heap at a Leipzig cemetery, Christian Sonnendecker and his research team found seven enzymes they had never seen before. They were hunting for proteins that would ...

Next, the researchers used protein analysis to identify the key enzyme that gives this microbe its plastic-eating abilities. Though this new enzyme was distinct from previously described PET-busting ...

It will be using the new funding to scale up production of their plastic-eating enzymes. This means transferring the biorecycling process from the labs where they’ve been developing it to their ...

Eating plastic, it’s fantastic ... which is the pupae of an Alphitobius darkling beetle, possesses enzymes that can break down polystyrene — best known as the key ingredient in styrofoam.

The authors studied C. testosteroni’s eating habits so closely that they were able to pinpoint the specific enzyme that allows the germs to turn inedible plastic into a palatable, carbon-rich treat.