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Scientists Discover Soil Bacteria Enzyme that Breaks Down Both Plastic and Antibiotics


Biologists studying how bacteria break down a new generation of plant-based bioplastics -- long-chain aliphatic polyesters -- have discovered an enzyme that can dismantle both plastic and antibiotics.

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