{"id":172102,"date":"2023-09-15T13:30:24","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T18:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/genetically-modified-bacteria-may-eat-up-ocean-plastic-waste"},"modified":"2023-09-15T13:30:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T18:30:24","slug":"genetically-modified-bacteria-may-eat-up-ocean-plastic-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/genetically-modified-bacteria-may-eat-up-ocean-plastic-waste","title":{"rendered":"Genetically modified bacteria may eat up ocean plastic waste"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/genetically-modified-bacteria-may-eat-up-ocean-plastic-waste2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This genetically engineered microorganism has the ability to break down a type of plastic known as polyethylene terephthalate (PET).<\/p>\n<p>Various bacterial species have demonstrated an extraordinary ability to degrade plastics, which are synthetic polymers known for their long-lasting and non-biodegradable characteristics.<\/p>\n<p>Research in this area continues to advance to create viable and sustainable solutions to combat the growing menace of plastic waste in terrestrial and marine environments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This genetically engineered microorganism has the ability to break down a type of plastic known as polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Various bacterial species have demonstrated an extraordinary ability to degrade plastics, which are synthetic polymers known for their long-lasting and non-biodegradable characteristics. Research in this area continues to advance to create viable and sustainable solutions to [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1506,412,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","category-genetics","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172102\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}