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Fungus Parengyodontium album can decompose plastic polyethylene in the ocean.
Microbiologists from the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ ) found that the fungus is capable of breaking down particles of the plastic.
The researchers went to find the plastic-degrading microbes in the hotspots of plastic pollution in the North Pacific Ocean .
Reference: “Biodegradation of polyethylene by the marine fungus Parengyodontium album” by A. Vaksmaa , H. Vielfaure , L. Polerecky , M.V.M. Kienhuis , M.T.J. van der Meer , T. Pflüger , M. Egger and H. Niemann , 26 April 2024 , Science of The Total Environment . DOI: 10.1016 /j.scitotenv.2024.172819.
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