{
  "id": 1626369,
  "title": "Identification of soil microbes associated with real-time plastic degradation using in situ conductivity sensors",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/identification-of-soil-microbes-associated-with-real-time-plastic",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.16.745074v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Microbial-mediated plastic degradation has the potential to address the persistent global problems of plastic waste and pollution. Previous work has shown that soils can harbour microbes capable of plastic degradation, but we expect there is a broader diversity of soil microbes capable of metabolizing plastics than identified to date using more traditional cultivation-based screening methods.…",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}