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SUBMITTER: Leon-Zayas R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6588364 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
León-Zayas Rosa R Roberts Cameron C Vague Morgan M Mellies Jay L JL
Microbiology resource announcements 20190620 25
Here, we report the annotated draft genome sequences of three <i>Pseudomonas</i> spp. and two <i>Bacillus</i> spp. that, as consortia, degrade polyethylene terephthalate plastic. Improved microbial degradation of plastic waste could help reduce the billions of metric tons of these materials that currently exist in our environment. ...[more]