Korean Researchers Develop Eco-Friendly Microbe for Pollution Cleanup
Creatrip Team
a year ago
A team of South Korean researchers has developed a high-efficiency eco-friendly microbe that can clean up persistent pollutants using radiation technology. This innovation involves improving the copper ion resistance of bacteria that contain the enzyme laccase, which is essential for breaking down pollutants. By harnessing the ability of radiation to mutate multiple genes at once, the researchers enhanced the microbes to be effective even in high concentrations of copper ions. These newly developed microbes show increased laccase activity and can decompose synthetic dyes more efficiently. The research, published in the environmental journal 'Environmental Research,' aims to expand to recycling plastics and enhancing resource circulation technology in the future.
