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− | Plastic pollution is a significant problem that not only affects the environment but human’s health as well. There have been many implementations created in order to eliminate plastic in the Earth’s waterways | + | Plastic pollution is a significant problem that not only affects the environment but human’s health as well. There have been many implementations created in order to eliminate plastic in the Earth’s waterways, but none of the approaches have been successful in collecting microplastics. |
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− | Microplastics are tiny pieces of plastic debris that occurs after years of plastic degradation in the environment. Even though microplastics seem | + | Microplastics are tiny pieces of plastic debris that occurs after years of plastic degradation in the environment. Even though microplastics seem like they would cause fewer problems, there are extremely harmful due to the toxins that are still present in these tiny particles of plastic. |
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− | In 2014, researchers at Keio University and Kyoto Institute of Technology discovered a bacterium called Ideonella sakaiensis | + | In 2014, researchers at Keio University and Kyoto Institute of Technology discovered a bacterium called Ideonella sakaiensis. This bacteria can use the enzymes PETase and MHETase to degrade polyethylene terephthalate (PET), which is the most common type of plastic debris found in marine environments. Instead of using the bacterium Ideonella sakaiensis, we inserted the enzymes into K-12 E.coli cells for safety reasons. |
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