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Research into marine plastic pollution reveals bacterial enzymes actively degrading plastic

Researchers at the University of Stirling identified rare and understudied bacteria that could assist in plastic biodegradation, offering new insights for tackling plastic pollution. The research, titled “Novel functional insights into the microbiome inhabiting marine plastic debris: critical considerations to counteract the challenges of thin biofilms using multi-omics and comparative metaproteomics,” was published in the journal Microbiome.