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    Ideonella sakaiensis is a bacterium identified in 2016 that is capable of breaking down the plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) by using it as a carbon and energy source. The genetic components of I. sakaiensis that allow it to degrade PET is an enzyme called PETase. Researchers have genetically modified I. sakaiensis to break down PET and other plastics like PEF faster by combining PETase with another enzyme called MHETase. The bacteria's genes can also be modified with those of another species to help it survive in more plastic-polluted environments like soil and water.

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    Ideonella sakaiensis is a bacterium identified in 2016 that is capable of breaking down the plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) by using it as a carbon and energy source. The genetic components of I. sakaiensis that allow it to degrade PET is an enzyme called PETase. Researchers have genetically modified I. sakaiensis to break down PET and other plastics like PEF faster by combining PETase with another enzyme called MHETase. The bacteria's genes can also be modified with those of another species to help it survive in more plastic-polluted environments like soil and water.

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    Ideonella sakaiensis is a bacterium identified in 2016 that is capable of breaking down the plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) by using it as a carbon and energy source. The genetic components of I. sakaiensis that allow it to degrade PET is an enzyme called PETase. Researchers have genetically modified I. sakaiensis to break down PET and other plastics like PEF faster by combining PETase with another enzyme called MHETase. The bacteria's genes can also be modified with those of another species to help it survive in more plastic-polluted environments like soil and water.

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    Ideonella sakaiensis is a bacterium identified in 2016 that is capable of breaking down the plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) by using it as a carbon and energy source. The genetic components of I. sakaiensis that allow it to degrade PET is an enzyme called PETase. Researchers have genetically modified I. sakaiensis to break down PET and other plastics like PEF faster by combining PETase with another enzyme called MHETase. The bacteria's genes can also be modified with those of another species to help it survive in more plastic-polluted environments like soil and water.

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    GROUP 5- BIOLOGY

    Environmental
    Clean-up
    The world is facing a global
    plastics crisis. Out of the
    8.3 billion tons of plastics
    produced since the 1950s,
    79% ended in landfills or
    leaked into the
    environment. From the
    Mariana trench to Mt.
    Everest, there is virtually
    no place on Earth which is
    left untouched by plastic
    pollution.
    Ideonella sakaiensis

    is a bacterium from the


    genus Ideonella and
    family
    Comamonadaceae
    capable of breaking
    down and consuming the
    plastic polyethylene
    terephthalate (PET)
    using it as both a
    carbon and energy
    source.
    It was first identified
    in 2016 by a team of
    researchers led by
    Kohei Oda of Kyoto
    Institute of Technology
    and Kenji Miyamoto of
    Keio University after
    collecting a sample of
    PET-contaminated
    sediment at a plastic
    bottle recycling facility
    in Sakai, Japan.
    Ideonella sakaiensis

    What are the genetic components of Ideonella sakaiensis?


    The PET plastic degrading enzyme of Ideonella sakaiensis known as;


    PETase, has been genetically modified and combined with MHETase to
    break down PET faster, which also degrades PEF (polyethylene
    furanoate) plastics.

    Ideonella sakaiensis
    How can Ideonella Sakaiensis be modified?
    With the technology of genetic engineering, the genes of Ideonella sakaiensis
    can be modified with Azotobacter sp.’s genes that make them survive in areas
    that usually have much plastic waste, such as soil and water. This combination
    is expected to optimize the ability of Ideonella sakaiensis as it breaks down the
    limitation of where the bacteria can survive. As a result, the problem of plastic
    waste can be solved effectively without damaging the environment and

    automatically form a sustainability in nature and life.


    Pros
    Ideonella sakaiensis
    The bacterium Ideonella sakaiensis converts
    poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) plastics
    into highly biodegradable poly(3-
    hydroxybutyrate) (PHB). This could provide a
    new approach not only for PET recycling but
    also for the sustainable

    production of
    biodegradable plastics
    Cons
    Ideonella sakaiensis
    they can only break down one specific
    polymer, such as polyethylene, PET or
    polypropylene. Another is that biodegradation
    will take multiple weeks or months, while the
    consequences of using millions of
    concentrations of bacteria

    or fungi in a
    particular environment are unknown

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