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was reading an article about the accidental discovery of an enzyme that eats plastic. Why does the movie "Andromeda Strain" come to mind?
Scientists accidentally produce an enzyme that devours plastic
they stumbled upon it by accident. Researchers studying a newly-discovered bacterium found that with a few tweaks, the bug can be turned into a mutant enzyme that starts eating plastic in a matter of days, compared to the centuries it takes for plastic to break down in the ocean.
Scientists accidentally produce an enzyme that devours plastic