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Directed evolution of an efficient and thermostable PET depolymerase

Elizabeth L. Bell, Ross Smithson, Siobhan Kilbride, Jake Foster, Florence J. Hardy, Saranarayanan Ramachandran, Aleksander A. Tedstone, Sarah J. Haigh, Arthur Garforth, Philip J. Day,

Nature Catalysis · 2022 · 430 citations · 36 references

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Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

Roland Geyer, Jenna Jambeck, Kara Lavender Law · Science Advances · 2017 · 17.6K citations · Full text

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Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

Jenna Jambeck, Roland Geyer, Chris Wilcox et al. · Science · 2015 · 12.7K citations

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A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate)

Shosuke Yoshida, Kazumi Hiraga, Toshihiko Takehana et al. · Science · 2016 · 3.2K citations

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An engineered PET depolymerase to break down and recycle plastic bottles

Vincent Tournier, Christopher M. Topham, A. Gilles et al. · Nature · 2020 · 2.1K citations

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Chemical and biological catalysis for plastics recycling and upcycling

Lucas D. Ellis, Nicholas A. Rorrer, Kevin P. Sullivan et al. · Nature Catalysis · 2021 · 1.1K citations

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