Comment on "A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate) "

Yu Yang, Jun Yang, Lei Jiang

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Abstract

Yoshida et al. (Report, 11 March 2016, p. 1196) reported that the bacterium Ideonella sakaiensis 201-F6 can degrade and assimilate poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET). However, the authors exaggerated degradation efficiency using a low-crystallinity PETand presented no straightforward experiments to verify depolymerization and assimilation of PET. Thus, the authors conclusions are rather misleading.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)759
Number of pages1
JournalScience
Volume353
Issue number6301
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 19 Aug 2016
Externally publishedYes

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Yang, Yu ; Yang, Jun ; Jiang, Lei. / Comment on "A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate) ". In: Science. 2016 ; Vol. 353, No. 6301. pp. 759.
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Yang, Y, Yang, J & Jiang, L 2016, 'Comment on "A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate) "', Science, vol. 353, no. 6301, pp. 759. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf8305

Comment on "A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate) ". / Yang, Yu; Yang, Jun; Jiang, Lei.

In: Science, Vol. 353, No. 6301, 19.08.2016, p. 759.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment / Debate › Other › peer-review

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Yang Y, Yang J, Jiang L. Comment on "A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate) ". Science. 2016 Aug 19;353(6301):759. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf8305

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