Plastic-eating bacteria could combat pollution problems, scientists hope

msn ^

[algore]

I look forward too a New World where everything slowly turns to Grey Goo.

Already too much rubber is starting to turn into sticky gunk

[ProtectOurFreedom]

My first thought, too. These microbes escape, mutate, and start munching on ALL plastic. Everything in your house, much of your actual your house, all your furnishings, and all your clothes turn to microbe excrement.

[BenLurkin]

“Safe and effective”

[21twelve]

The Andromeda Strain.

[Fai Mao]

Ice-9

[dynachrome]

How many plastic parts in your vehicles?

[Qwapisking]

“gunk in the rubber”. good title for an anti-children anthem.

[Da Coyote]

DemocRAT eating bacteria could combat IQ, morals, judgement, maturity, and general repulsion problems, honest people hope.

[1FreeAmerican]

You beat me!

[SpaceBar]

Scientists hope?

[monkeyshine]

Feed me Seymour!

[Cold Heart]

It’s because no other bacteria has the balls or macaroni to do it.

[butlerweave]

Plastic women better watch out

[Libloather]

Thought it said ‘public-eating bacteria’. The other solution.

[butlerweave]

When it mutates into something else like The Blob

[PeterPrinciple]

https://phys.org/news/2024-06-bacteria-plastic.html

Leiden Ph.D. candidate Jo-Anne Verschoor discovered that nearly 20% of the bacterial strains she studied could degrade plastic, though they needed some encouragement to do so. “Bacteria are just like people,” says Verschoor. Her research was published in the journal Communications Biology.

[clearcarbon]

"Scientists discovered that bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a finding that researchers hope could be a promising answer to combat one of Earth’s major pollution problems."

I do not like biodegradable containers or uV sensitive durable goods that degrade before I am finished using them.

[xoxox]

then it eats the planet.

[xoxox]

been hearing about trash eating bacteria now for over 50 years.

[Qwapisking]

but we STILL have liberal trash that has yet to be eaten. apparently the liberal leftist trash is inedible. wondering if melting this plastic trash of humans is a worthwhile goal. fire cleanses...right?