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'Nightmare Bacteria' Found At SoCal Sewage Plant
2016-03-22 02:18:55| pollutiononline Home Page
A so-called “nightmare bacteria” that kills nearly half of its victims has been found in a wastewater treatment plant in Southern California, and sewage plants do not seem capable of killing it.
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Plastic-eating bacteria set to revolutionize waste disposal
2016-03-15 19:00:11| Extremetech
Genetically engineering a bacterium that eats plastic could fix the world's spiraling problem of waste disposal.
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These Plastic-Eating Bacteria Could Help Cut Down on Waste
2016-03-14 15:15:00| Waste Age
The Washington Post According to one new study, there could be a new way to cut down on plastic waste: bacteria that consume one of the major components of our old bottles and clothes. read more
Newly discovered plastic-eating bacteria could be the key to combating landfill waste
2016-03-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BGR: An article published in Science this week discusses Japanese researchers discovery of Ideonella sakaiensis, a species of bacteria that is capable of breaking down polyethylene terephthalate (PET), which accounts for an estimated one-sixth of global plastic production. The researchers say that when cultivated on the plastic, the bacteria produces two enzymes capable of hydrolyzing PET. These enzymes are crucial for converting the plastic into tow more environmentally friendly components, terephthalic...
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U.S. researchers find new bacteria that causes Lyme disease
2016-02-09 18:36:21| Biotech - Topix.net
A deer tick, or blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, is seen on a blade of grass, in this undated picture from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, working with the Mayo Clinic and health officials from Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota, discovered the new bacteria, called Borrelia mayonii, the CDC said in a statement.
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