Compost microbe yields enzyme that tackles polyurethane foam and nylon
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Compost microbe yields enzyme that tackles polyurethane foam and nylon
Researchers from Aarhus University and the Danish Technological Institute have taken a new approach in the search for enzymes capable of breaking down some of the most difficult types of plastic to recycle. They collected millions of bacteria from a landfill in Kenya, Randers Regnskov Tropical Zoo, the guts of larvae and a compost heap near Aarhus—and examined their enzymes. They found 12 that work.
Scientists discover a bacterial enzyme that degrades bioplastics into monomers and also breaks antibiotics like La entrada German researchers discover an enzyme ‘Pac-Man’ that allows bacteria to perforate and devour certain bioplastics was first published in Research and Development.
An investigation colluded by researcher Pedro Paiva of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto has developed a new type of "mutant" enzyme capable of 'eating' polyurethane material present in foams used in the manufacture of footwear.
Enzyme is derived from a bacterium found in organic compound samples from Denmark.
Genetically Modified Bacterial Enzyme Breaks Down Dense Polyurethane Plastics
Your favorite pair of tennies, kicks, or trainers may soon become a little more sustainable. In a study publishing September 11 in the Cell Press journal Chem Catalysis, researchers have developed a new kind of enzyme based on a bacterium found in compost that can degrade the polyurethane material in shoe foams.
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