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Ideonella sakaiensis
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Ideonella sakaiensis
Facts
Sources
- Ideonella sakaiensis relies on PET film as a primary source of carbon for growth. It is capable of completely degrading a thin film of PET in a short span of six weeks at 30°C.
- The bacterium species uses two enzymes in sequence to break down the highly biodegradable-resistant polymer PET.
- First enzyme helps the bacterium to adhere to the PET and produce an intermediate substance through process of hydrolysis.
- The second enzyme then works with water and acts on this intermediate substance.
- https://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i11/Bacteria-feast-plastic.html
- http://currentaffairs.gktoday.in/plastic-degrading-bacteria-ideonella-sakaiensis-201-f6-isolated-03201631329.html
- http://www.sci-news.com/biology/ideonella-sakaiensis-bacterium-can-break-down-metabolize-plastic-03693.html
- http://marketbusinessnews.com/bacterium-ideonella-sakaiensis-gobbles-plastic-may-holy-grail-pollution-battle/128307
- http://indiamocktest.com/current-affairs/plastic-degrading-bacteria-ideonella-sakaiensis-201-f6-isolated/
Structure of Ideonella
What is it?
Is it bad or good?
A bacterium from the genus Ideonella and family Comamonadaceae found by a team led by Kohei Oda of Kyoto Institute of Technology and Kenji Miyamoto of Keio University. Its capable of breaking down PET plastic which was isolated from outside a plastic bottle recycling facility.
Its a good bacteria, because it help the U.S. with these many landfills we have but this process can be slow and usually requires high temperatures and pressures. Also sakaiensis and its enzymes need some wok before there able to be used to eat the worlds plastic.
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