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“As part of their normal herbivore diet, cows eat something called cutin, a natural polyester produced by plants to protect the walls of the plant cells. Bacteria in the cow's stomach produces enzymes that break apart the chemical bonds in this polyester and, scientists have discovered, can break apart the bonds in synthetic polyesters too. The research, published in the journal Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, found that the microbes can digest polyethylene terephthalate (PET), used in plastic bottles, as well as other plastics.”
Microbe that can break down plastic discovered in cow's stomach
Enzymes produced by bacteria to break down natural polyesters could also be used to break down synthetic plastics, say scientists.
news.sky.com