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Enzyme Discovery and Engineering for Sustainable Plastic Recycling

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Gene Silencing Through CRISPR Interference in Bacteria: Current Advances and Future Prospects

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An engineered PET depolymerase to break down and recycle plastic bottles

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Current knowledge on enzymatic PET degradation and its possible application to waste stream management and other fields

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Structural insight into molecular mechanism of poly(ethylene terephthalate) degradation

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A Review: The Styrene Metabolizing Cascade of Side-Chain Oxygenation as Biotechnological Basis to Gain Various Valuable Compounds

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Challenges associated with plastic waste disposal and allied microbial routes for its effective degradation: A comprehensive review

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A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate)

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