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What is a rather unusual diet item of the bacteria Ideonella sakaiensis?

Question #149709. Asked by BigTriviaDawg.
Last updated Aug 26 2023.
Originally posted Aug 26 2023 7:45 PM.

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Plastic.
"Ideonella sakaiensis" is a bacterium from the genus "Ideonella" and family Comamonadaceae capable of breaking down and consuming the plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) using it as both a carbon and energy source. The bacterium was originally isolated from a sediment sample taken outside of a plastic bottle recycling facility in Sakai City, Japan.
link https://wiki2.org/en/Ideonella_sakaiensis+Newton

Response last updated by psnz on Aug 26 2023.
Aug 26 2023, 7:45 PM
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