This ability may allow the bacteria to persist longer on hospital surfaces and inside medical devices—areas once assumed to ...

A dangerous hospital superbug has been found to digest plastic—specifically the kind used in some sutures, stents and ...

A new study reveals that Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a common hospital bacteria in India, can degrade medical-grade plastic. This ...

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Researchers in the United Kingdom identified an enzyme, which they called Pap1, in a strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ...

A common hospital bacterium can eat plastic in sutures and stents, making infections harder to control and medical gear ...

Notably, the bacteria is known as a major cause of catheter-related urinary tract infections (UTIs) and ventilator-associated pneumonia—both of which are associated with plastic-based medical ...

A chance discovery made by a scientist and amateur beekeeper has led to a potentially game-changing discovery in the biodegrading of polyethylene, a plastic ... a species of bacteria to degrade ...

University of Queensland researchers have developed a biodegradable plastic to set a new sustainability standard for ...