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    Soil bacteria break down toxic chemicals in the environment

    2026-04-01T10:36:00Z

    Soil bacteria can help to break toxic aromatic compounds down. For one of these, Rhodococcus opacus 1CP,  researchers have analyzed the genome and identified many potential metabolic pathways that the bacterium can employ to act as a ‘clean-up specialist’.