{"id":59474,"date":"2025-08-14T13:24:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T07:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=59474"},"modified":"2025-08-14T13:24:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T07:54:37","slug":"ideonella-sakaiensis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ideonella-sakaiensis\/","title":{"rendered":"Ideonella Sakaiensis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Ideonella Sakaiensis Latest news<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Research has identified promising microbes like Ideonella sakaiensis, which can degrade PET plastic.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Ideonella Sakaiensis<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>bacterium from the genus Ideonella<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and family Comamonadaceae.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is capable of breaking down and consuming the <\/span><b>plastic polyethylene terephthalate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (PET) using it as both a carbon and energy source.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was discovered by a <\/span><b>group of researchers in Japan.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It breaks <\/span><b>PET into its (environmentally benign) building blocks<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. These can then be used as food by I. sakaiensis and other organisms.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Characteristics of Ideonella Sakaiensis<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>Gram-negative, rod-shaped, motile<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, non-sporing, non-pigment-producing, monotrichous bacterium.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They typically <\/span><b>measure about 1.2 to 1.5 \u03bcm in length<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and 0.6 to 0.8 \u03bcm in width, giving the appearance of a bacillus under the microscope.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was initially discovered from PET-contaminated soil, suggesting its main habitat to be the environment, mainly soil with enriched plastic wastes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are found to live in oxygen-rich moist soil and sewage sludge.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>What is Polyethylene Terephthalate?<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a condensation <\/span><b>polymer of ethylene glycol and terephthalic acid.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The by-product of the reaction is water so it is an example of condensation or step-growth polymerization.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PET Plastic is a <\/span><b>thermoplastic synthetic substance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is malleable under heat and can be placed into nearly any shape.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/waste\/how-microbes-could-help-solve-the-worlds-plastic-pollution-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DTE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ideonella sakaiensis is a bacterium from the genus Ideonella and family Comamonadaceae. 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