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Microbes can capture carbon and degrade plastic — why aren’t we using them more?

Rino Rappuoli, Nguyen K. Nguyen, David E. Bloom, Charles Brooke, Rachel M. Burckhardt, Alan D. Dangour, Dilfuza Egamberdieva, Gigi Kwik Grönvall, Trevor D. Lawley, Jay T. Lennon, Ryan Morhard, Aindrila Mukhopadhyay, Raquel S. Peixoto, Pamela A. Silver, Lisa Y. Stein

2025Nature11 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Topics & Concepts

Carbon fibersComputational biologyEnvironmental scienceAstrobiologyComputer scienceBiologyAlgorithmComposite numberMicroplastics and Plastic PollutionRecycling and Waste Management Techniques