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Mercedes Spínola‐Amilibia

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasORCID 0000-0002-0641-8809Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Wax worm saliva and the enzymes therein are the key to polyethylene degradation by Galleria mellonella

Anahí Sanluis‐Verdes, Pere Colomer-Vidal, Francisco Rodríguez-Ventura, M. Bello-Villarino, Mercedes Spínola‐Amilibia, Elena Ruiz-López, R. Illanes, M. Pilar Castroviejo, Riccardo Aiese Cigliano, María Montoya, Patrizia Falabella, C. Pesquera, Lorena González-Legarreta, Ernesto Arias‐Palomo, Marı́a Solà, , Federica Bertocchini

The paper identifies two enzymes in wax worm saliva that oxidize and depolymerize polyethylene, overcoming a key bottleneck in plastic biodegradation.

Nature Communications · Oct 4, 2022Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology