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Briefing: A 'consortium' of bacteria cooperates to eat phthalate plasticizers that single microbes can't stomach

Strategic angle: Plastic trash has reached the world's most remote locations, from the bottom of the Mariana Trench to the summit of Everest.

Editorial Staff · 2026-03-18 · 1 MIN READ

Hundreds of plastic-eating microbes discovered.

These microbes could help in cleaning up plastic pollution.

Cooperation among bacteria enhances plastic degradation.