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