Kil Koang Kwon

Engineering a terephthalate-responsive PobR biosensor for discovering PET-degrading microbes via cell-to-cell communication

Abstract Background Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) is one of the most widely used synthetic plastics, yet its environmental accumulation continues to outpace effective recycling. Although PET-degrading enzymes and microorganisms have been reported, discovery of new PET-degrad...