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Mangrove microbes to munch on plastic

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Summary
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86% Informative

A way to select a suite of mangrove bacteria that can transform plastic has been developed that potentially offers a new strategy in the global toolkit of plastic waste cleanup.

Mangroves are important biodiversity hotspots that offer a range of ecosystem services but are increasingly at risk from stressors including plastic pollution.

Mangrovimarina plasticivorans is a particularly important member of these consortia as it carries two genes that code synthesis of monohydroxyethyl terephthalates hydrolases.

VR Score

91

Informative language

95

Neutral language

52

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

89

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not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

long-living

Source diversity

1

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