Africa, plastic pollution

Scientists discovered that bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a ...
These scientists have bioengineered a version of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria that can break down polyethylene ...
The 18-person team’s latest finding has helped science inch closer to answering a question that’s perplexed researchers for years: Can the bacteria that cling to plastic bottles in rivers eat ...
Most of the disease-causing bacteria secrete matrix-like layers around themselves called biofilms. These biofilms act as ...
The official playlist for the fifth round of the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, or INC5, is now out. OK, to stick with the facts, there is no "official" playlist for the plastics ...
Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare, life-threatening illness caused by bacteria that aggressively attack the soft tissue of the ...
Researchers have succeeded in developing a microbial strain that efficiently produces pseudoaromatic polyester monomer to replace polyethylene terephthalate (PET) using systems metabolic engineering.