Using enzymes to break down polyethylene terephthalate (PET)—otherwise known as plastic—has shown great promise over the last few years, sparked by the 2016 discovery of a bacterium that grows on PET and partially feeds on it. The bacterium, Ideonella sakaiensis, possesses two enzymes, PETase and MHETase, which are able to digest PET plastic polymers.
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