Posted on 12/21/2024 1:25:51 PM PST by nickcarraway
Seaweed is increasingly being seen as a resource that can be used to manufacture goods sustainability. One lab in Norway is working on a new method to make antibiotics, by training bacteria to eat seaweed.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Seaweed, huh? Interesting.
Training bacteria to eat seaweed. What could go wrong?
At least they aren’t bioengineering super bacteria to eat seaweed. Yet.
Seaweed was once in the news....
McDonald’s fandom site:
The McLean Deluxe was a burger that was part of the failed McDonald’s deluxe line...The burger had less fat because the patty was only 90% meat because of the added carrageans, which is a chemical derived from red seaweed.
The burger failed, along the entire deluxe line, which was pulled at the beginning of the 2000s.
The burger was developed by food scientists at Auburn University.
Most people who tried the burger stated that the patty was flavorless, and its use of carrageans was ridiculed by celebrities and other fast food companies. Barry Gibbons, chairman and CEO of Burger King said: “Consumers have had their fill of healthier fare. They’re saying, `Thanks for the choice, thanks for the (nutrition) info. Whopper and fries, please.”’
mcdonalds.fandom.com
Only the BBC would try and get away with “sustainable”. All antibiotics are misused and then of no more use as the buggies evolve beyond them.
Gotta keep coming up with more, new ones.
It is an arms race. Nothing less.
Seaweed is good. I eat a lot. Wife is Asian, and they eat it.
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