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Montana State University Researchers Advance Microbial Plastic Recycling in New Study
March 22, 2022
BOZEMAN, Montana, March 22 (TNSJou) -- Montana State University issued the following news release:

The mountains of plastic bottles discarded every day could be turned into clothing and a variety of other goods, and the key may lie with microbes that can do the work naturally, according to researchers at Montana State University.

Some bacteria have an enzyme uniquely tailored to breaking down PET -- the plastic widely used in soda bottles and other drinking containers - . . .

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