Question

(ii) Ideonella sakaiensis : Plastic : : Actinomycetes :​

Answer 1

Ideonella sakaiensis is a bacterium from the genus Ideonella and family Comamonadaceae capable of breaking down and consuming the plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) as a sole carbon and energy source. The bacterium was originally isolated from a sediment sample taken outside of a plastic bottle recycling facility in Sakai, Japan.[2]

Answer 2

Rubber

Ideonella sakaiensis decomposes Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) made products while Actinomycetes decomposes rubber from garbage