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Lignocellulose-mediated selection of halophilic PET-degrading enzymes from mangrove soil

The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2025
María Peña-Valencia, Semidán Robaina‐Estévez, Gordon Custer, Onur Turak, Felipe Sierra, Lucas William Mendes, Carolina Rubiano‐Labrador, Joel C. Gutierrez, Annika Vaksmaa, Francisco Dini‐Andreote, Alexandre Soares Rosado, Alejandro Reyes, Diego Javier Jiménez

Summary

Researchers used microcosm experiments with mangrove soil — an ecosystem exposed to both plant biomass and plastic pollution — to screen for halophilic enzymes capable of degrading PET, leveraging the soil's rich microbial diversity as a source of novel polymer-degrading candidates.

Polymers

Mangroves are ecosystems located in land-sea transition zones, where they are continuously exposed to plant biomass inputs and plastic pollution. Their soils harbor extensive microbial diversity with potential for discovering polymer-degrading enzymes. Here, we performed a microcosm experiment...

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