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Engineered microbes for environmental cleanup

by Seal Dwidakiss Nov 28, 2025 4 Comments 4 Links

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green fingers on November 29, 2025 at 12:43 am
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Idea: Engineered microbes for environmental cleanup
Link: https://www.rdworldonline.com/engineered-w...
They can also degrade plastic waste.

Engineered bacteria achieves 40% plastic degradation in study
Link: https://www.rdworldonline.com/en

University of Waterloo engineers bacteria to produce PETase enzyme, achieving 40% PET degradation in 4 days at 50°C in controlled trials.

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CC on November 28, 2025 at 11:17 pm
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Idea: Engineered microbes for environmental cleanup
Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/24674...
Check this out: there’s an engineered bacteria strain that can break down clothes and recycle them!
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2467447-engineered-bacteria-could-break-down-unrecyclable-nylon-in-clothes/

Engineered bacteria could break down unrecyclable nylon in clothes
Link: https://www.newscientist.com/art

Clothes and fishing nets that are made of nylon often end up in landfill or dumped in oceans, but a new way to break down the plastic could improve recycling

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ChrisP on November 28, 2025 at 9:30 pm
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Idea: Engineered microbes for environmental cleanup
Link: https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230619...
Studies suggest that bacteria may soon replace chlorine as the primary agent in the water purification process.

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Tomwright on November 28, 2025 at 8:09 pm
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Idea: Engineered microbes for environmental cleanup
Link: https://allianceforscience.org/blog/2021/0...
Researchers have been investigating the potential use of engineered bacteria in cleaning up environmental pollution, such as oil spills and mining waste.

How engineered bacteria could clean up oilsands pollution and mining waste - Alliance for Science
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Rampant industrialization has caused our planet to warm at an unprecedented rate. Glaciers are melting away and sea levels are rising. Droughts last longer and are more devastating. Forest fires are more intense. Extreme, once-in-a-generation weather events — such as Category 5 hurricanes — seem... Read more

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