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Science March 2016 PMID 26965627

A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate).

Shosuke Yoshida, Kazumi Hiraga, Toshihiko Takehana, Ikuo Taniguchi, Hironao Yamaji, Yasuhito Maeda, Kiyotsuna Toyohara, Kenji Miyamoto, Yoshiharu Kimura, Kohei Oda

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The overall tone shows excitement about the discovery, highlighting how bacteria like Ideonella sakaiensis could revolutionize plastic recycling, with phrases like 'fantastic,' 'game changing,' and 'hopeful,' and references to previous research and its environmental significance, indicating a strong consensus on both the scientific importance and potential real-world benefits.

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Most discussions support the significance of bacteria breaking down PET, indicating broad agreement on the research's importance.

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  • Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) is widely used in plastic products, leading to significant environmental accumulation and concerns over biodegradation.
  • Researchers isolated a novel bacterium, Ideonella sakaiensis 201-F6, from natural microbial communities that can use PET as its main energy and carbon source.
  • This bacterium produces two essential enzymes that effectively break down PET into non-toxic monomers, terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol, suggesting a potential new method for PET recycling.
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Excellent! True logical science. https://t.co/UtUTyAttxM

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April
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In 2016 scientists discovered a species of bacteria that is able to digest PET plastic, which we now know is thanks to an enzyme called PETase. But where did this enzyme come from?

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@chippel @gremloe It was Japan, in 2016, not China. See how you're full of shit. https://t.co/x5ddpJih3T

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Lord Vetinari (Parodieaccount)
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@Eddie_1412 Die Forschung ist da schon weiter. Beispiele: 1. Ideonella sakaiensis (PET-Zersetzer) Originalpublikation (Yoshida et al., 2016): https://t.co/8ciExa86lk 2. Carbios – Industrielle Anwendung enzymatischen PET-Recyclings Offizielle Unternehmensseite: https://t.co/T6yqpfokgZ

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@intothesoll They found a bacteria that does this with PET plastic years ago, and there are plenty of fungal enzymes of doing the same thing: https://t.co/hIxMA5WBSU

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@intothesoll They found a bacteria that does this with PET plastic years ago, and there are plenty of fungal enzymes of doing the same thing: https://t.co/hIxMA5WBSU

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A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate) Here’s the original (2016) research, but you will have to register with Science to read the report. https://t.co/5FI2jD7Bl8

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Marie Cachet
@CachetMarie · X

Excellent! True logical science. https://t.co/UtUTyAttxM

Nov 6, 2021 · 29 likes · 1 share · 27,671 followers View post →
JArt2Ro
@HippyJoe0707 · X

How bad is plastic? https://t.co/gNcvpWq69m via @YouTube

Nov 6, 2021 · 1,234 followers View post →
Jeremy Thompson
@thompson74d · X

How bad is plastic? https://t.co/WW0RcVQqFl via @YouTube

Nov 6, 2021 · 290 followers View post →
Chris Gordon
@FredNurke · X

RT @skdh: Plastic is everywhere and we have all heard it's bad for the environment. But how bad is it really? In this video I explain that…

Nov 6, 2021 · 41 shares · 612 followers View post →
Tomasz
@perlyswietlne · X

Sabina bierze się za plastyki

Nov 6, 2021 · 1,921 followers View post →
lexyacc
@lexyacc10 · X

How bad is plastic? https://t.co/HodTyNJjDQ via @YouTube

Nov 6, 2021 · 689 followers View post →
Marlin Firmware
@MarlinFirmware · X

How Bad is Plastic? Sabine Hossenfelder takes a look. https://t.co/hcfONOT8hb @skdh #plastic #3Dprinting

Nov 6, 2021 · 4 likes · 9,901 followers View post →
Enerjilim
@Enerjilim · X

RT @skdh: Plastic is everywhere and we have all heard it's bad for the environment. But how bad is it really? In this video I explain that…

Nov 6, 2021 · 41 shares · 77 followers View post →
Robert Walker
@jwalker28057853 · X

Very enlightening. Granted she's a nuclear physisist, not a paleontologist, and she's way off on the time span of the Carboniferous (60 million years, not 300 million years) but still, I like this a lot. How bad is plastic? https://t.co/7cb1UAoOfs via @YouTube

Nov 6, 2021 · 666 followers View post →
Alberta Boy
@TodMartens3 · X

RT @skdh: Plastic is everywhere and we have all heard it's bad for the environment. But how bad is it really? In this video I explain that…

Nov 6, 2021 · 41 shares · 2,756 followers View post →
Propylaeen
@Propylaeen · X

Plastik… Igitt… https://t.co/CkMX2ekjki

Nov 6, 2021 · 3 likes · 1,554 followers View post →
Diego Lombeida
@DiegoLombeida1 · X

How bad is plastic? https://t.co/oZa6DaWdLo vía @YouTube

Nov 6, 2021 · 154 followers View post →
Praveen Dhinwa
@PraveenDhinwa · X

RT @skdh: Plastic is everywhere and we have all heard it's bad for the environment. But how bad is it really? In this video I explain that…

Nov 6, 2021 · 41 shares · 158 followers View post →
John W. Farrell
@JohnWFarrell · X

RT @skdh: Plastic is everywhere and we have all heard it's bad for the environment. But how bad is it really? In this video I explain that…

Nov 6, 2021 · 41 shares · 5,203 followers View post →
David Woodgate (TwiX)
@WoodgateDavid · X

How bad is plastic? https://t.co/e3PvUZM6IY via @YouTube

Nov 6, 2021 · 189 followers View post →
ScienceStop
@B0tSci · X

RT @sciApril: In 2016 scientists discovered a species of bacteria that is able to digest PET plastic, which we now know is thanks to an enz…

Aug 23, 2021 · 6 shares · 4,082 followers View post →
Academic YouTubers
@YTacademics · X

RT @sciApril: In 2016 scientists discovered a species of bacteria that is able to digest PET plastic, which we now know is thanks to an enz…

Aug 23, 2021 · 6 shares · 2,114 followers View post →
Daniel of the Shire
@countrsignal · X

RT @sciApril: In 2016 scientists discovered a species of bacteria that is able to digest PET plastic, which we now know is thanks to an enz…

Aug 20, 2021 · 6 shares · 754 followers View post →
Lumi
@AtTheBenchtop · X

RT @sciApril: In 2016 scientists discovered a species of bacteria that is able to digest PET plastic, which we now know is thanks to an enz…

Aug 19, 2021 · 6 shares · 197 followers View post →
bioZone
@thebiozone · X

RT @sciApril: In 2016 scientists discovered a species of bacteria that is able to digest PET plastic, which we now know is thanks to an enz…

Aug 19, 2021 · 6 shares · 187 followers View post →
ScienceStop
@B0tSci · X

RT @sciApril: In 2016 scientists discovered a species of bacteria that is able to digest PET plastic, which we now know is thanks to an enz…

Aug 19, 2021 · 6 shares · 4,082 followers View post →
April
@sciApril · X

In 2016 scientists discovered a species of bacteria that is able to digest PET plastic, which we now know is thanks to an enzyme called PETase. But where did this enzyme come from?

Aug 19, 2021 · 15 likes · 6 shares · 620 followers View post →
北水同窓会
@HokusuiD · X

RT @Hokusui_T: 【海洋微生物】（海洋生物工学）の院生さんおすすめ論文 "A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate)" Yoshida, S., Hiraga, K.,…

Dec 22, 2020 · 2 shares · 2,290 followers View post →
im22
@iskwmk22 · X

RT @Hokusui_T: 【海洋微生物】（海洋生物工学）の院生さんおすすめ論文 "A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate)" Yoshida, S., Hiraga, K.,…

Dec 22, 2020 · 2 shares · 745 followers View post →
北水図書館(函館)
@Hokusui_T · X

【海洋微生物】（海洋生物工学）の院生さんおすすめ論文 "A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate)" Yoshida, S., Hiraga, K., Takehana, T., et al. Science11 Mar 2016 : 1196-1199 https://t.co/koWlkzyOnk #うちの研究室に入ったらこれ読むといいよ

Dec 22, 2020 · 2 likes · 2 shares · 530 followers View post →
Jesse
@JesseCho1 · X

A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate): https://t.co/TLAnf4HXTW

Jun 8, 2020 · 105 followers View post →
I am a Hex
@nix_bit · X

@levensfilosoof Niet? "A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate)" https://t.co/yqp6nfDqwx "Radiation-eating bacteria could make nuclear waste safer" https://t.co/u72Nmzhcx8

Oct 12, 2019 · 1,118 followers View post →
Sandeep Verma (स्वर)
@Sandeep_1966 · X

@IndiaDST @drharshvardhan @Ashutos61 @shekhar_mande @ShivNadarUniv https://t.co/qSa1gGUA9u Science  11 Mar 2016: Vol. 351, Issue 6278, pp. 1196-1199 DOI: 10.1126/science.aad6359

Oct 11, 2019 · 1 like · 13,970 followers View post →
Shinya Fushinobu
@sugargroove · X

ちなみに、今回の日本語総説の共著者の織田昌幸先生（京都府立大学）は2016年のScience論文の最終&責任著者の小田耕平先生（京都工繊大）と名前が（所属も！）似ていますが別の人です。 https://t.co/lBjRDMa30Z

Oct 6, 2019 · 1 like · 4,101 followers View post →
neanderthal yabuki
@nean · X

“A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate) | Science” https://t.co/vEmyF3mIVS

Jun 20, 2019 · 3,214 followers View post →
朝日新聞　科学・テック
@AsahiKagaku · X

世界に広まる発端となった、2016年のサイエンス発表論文はこちらです。 https://t.co/yBwL9VtH4W ペットボトルむしゃむしゃ　堺で発見の細菌、世界救う？：朝日新聞デジタル https://t.co/QOH18lr8PZ

Jun 20, 2019 · 1 like · 1,449 followers View post →
HODA
@_HODA · X

RT @kiruria281: 新種の真正細菌「イデオネラ・サカイエンシス」は、結晶度の低いPET樹脂を分解する事が出来る。PET分解生物はこれまで菌類でしか知られておらず真正細菌は初。尚ペットボトルのような結晶度の高いPET樹脂は分解出来ず事前の熱処理が必要。 https:/…

Jun 20, 2019 · 2 shares · 1,532 followers View post →
Tomás Santa Coloma
@tsantacoloma · X

Fue publicado en Science S. Yoshida et al. A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate), Science (2016). DOI: 10.1126/science.aad6359 https://t.co/Z7q5CmPIMv

May 18, 2019 · 276 followers View post →
L&ØN
@LandonInnovatio · X

A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate) https://t.co/lHLT303FcB

May 8, 2019 · 824 followers View post →
Jesus Alvelo
@MinistroCiencia · X

A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate) | Science https://t.co/hH4VexOAww

Apr 22, 2019 · 2,940 followers View post →
K K R
@ramankk92 · X

A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate) https://t.co/9MaVbDH6lJ

Mar 22, 2019 · 572 followers View post →
Patricia (Pat) Castillo-Briceno
@Pcasbri · X

"A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate)" @SCImag_news via https://t.co/okGnldEISq #ComunicaCiencia #Ecuador

Jan 17, 2019 · 2 likes · 3,935 followers View post →
Pierre Kerner
@ssaft.com · Bluesky

A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate) | Science http://buff.ly/1RE18B8

Mar 11, 2016 View post →