After allowing the bacteria to grow anaerobically, several successive transfers were made into a medium containing nicotinic acid, peptone, yeast extract, metals, phosphate and sodium sulphide.

Unlike many prior studies on PFAS-degrading bacteria, Aga’s study accounted for shorter-chain breakdown products — or metabolites. In some cases, F11 even removed fluorine from these metabolites or ...

The F11 bacteria also broke down a substantial portion ... "Many previous studies have only reported the degradation of PFAS, but not the formation of metabolites. We not only accounted for ...

an intermediate metabolite of PET degradation. No PET-degrading bacteria were observed in seawater or fresh water. In agreement with these results, when they examined the PET samples under a ...

The National Center for Research in Energy and Materials has filed a patent application for the enzyme, which is now being ...