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Student Researchers Discover Potential "Plastic-Eating" Bacteria on Campus

Wesleyan University Connecticut

Apr 11, 2025

Chloe De Palo '22 explains how potential plastic-degrading bacteria were collected from a soil sample at Long Lane Farm. A team of researchers at Wesleyan has discovered new strain…

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