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Sp. K172, a strain of Flavobacterium, is a species of '''nylon-eating bacteria''' discovered in ponds that contained factory waste.  What made this [[bacteria]] significant was that the enzymes they used to digest the factory waste (now known as nylonase) were unique to the particular strain.<ref>Kinoshita, S., Kageyama, S., Iba, K., Yamada, Y. and Okada, H. 1981</ref><ref><ref>http://www.nmsr.org/nylon.htm</ref></ref>  An analysis of the genome suggests that the mutation that created this strain was a frame shift (for example mutating the word 'mutate' to 'mtate') and gene dupiclation.<ref>http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=345072</ref>

Sp. K172, a strain of Flavobacterium, is a species of '''nylon-eating bacteria''' discovered in ponds that contained factory waste.  What made this [[bacteria]] significant was that the enzymes they used to digest the factory waste (now known as nylonase) were unique to the particular strain.<ref>Kinoshita, S., Kageyama, S., Iba, K., Yamada, Y. and Okada, H. 1981</ref><ref>http://www.nmsr.org/nylon.htm</ref>  An analysis of the genome suggests that the mutation that created this strain was a frame shift (for example mutating the word 'mutate' to 'mtate') and gene dupiclation.<ref>http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=345072</ref>

Since that time, Sp. K172 has been a central point of contention between the supporters of evolutionary theory and supporters of creation theory. Creationist scientists and [[Intelligent design|intelligent design]] theorists contend that the bacteria in question cannot be adequately explained by the [[Theory of evolution|evolutionary view]] and instead claim that the bacterial plasmids was designed to be able to accommodate new food sources. <ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/tj/v17/i3/bacteria.asp</ref><ref>http://www.uncommondescent.com/evolution/why-scientists-should-not-dismiss-intelligent-design/</ref>

Since that time, Sp. K172 has been a central point of contention between the supporters of evolutionary theory and supporters of creation theory. Creationist scientists and [[Intelligent design|intelligent design]] theorists contend that the bacteria in question cannot be adequately explained by the [[Theory of evolution|evolutionary view]] and instead claim that the bacterial plasmids was designed to be able to accommodate new food sources. <ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/tj/v17/i3/bacteria.asp</ref><ref>http://www.uncommondescent.com/evolution/why-scientists-should-not-dismiss-intelligent-design/</ref>