Bacteria can break down phosphonic acids, persistent, and potentially hazardous environmental pollutants found in common medical products, detergents, and herbicides. Researchers are now understanding that bacteria can break down compounds that do not easily break down in the nature. They now can engineer specialized bacteria in the lab by examine how this reaction really works. There are more than 20,000 tons of phosphonic acid which is estimated to be released into the environment in the western hemisphere.
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