[DIYbio] Spathiphyllum's ability to filter the air for contaminants

I'm a noob at DIYbio, and synthetic biology. I know some basics.

The Spathiphyllum plant is able to clean the air of some common contaminants (benzene and formaldehyde are mentioned on the wiki page). If someone wanted to find out what genes are responsible for this behavior, how would he do that? If the genes that are responsible for this behavior are known, could those genes be inserted in other organisms in order to make them perform the same behavior?

Thanks for your time and attention.

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