Olap@lemmy.world to Excellent Reads@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year ago‘We are just getting started’: the plastic-eating bacteria that could change the worldwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1106arrow-down12cross-posted to: environment@beehaw.org
arrow-up1104arrow-down1external-link‘We are just getting started’: the plastic-eating bacteria that could change the worldwww.theguardian.comOlap@lemmy.world to Excellent Reads@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square12fedilinkcross-posted to: environment@beehaw.org
minus-squareRob Bos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI wonder if they could be bred to be unable to directly metabolize sugar, or if that’s a ridiculous thought.
minus-squareDaefsdeda@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoEasily. But then they would be outcompeted by bacteria that can.
minus-squareRob Bos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoUnless they have a sole niche they alone can occupy, like prevalent plastic, maybe.
I wonder if they could be bred to be unable to directly metabolize sugar, or if that’s a ridiculous thought.
Easily. But then they would be outcompeted by bacteria that can.
Unless they have a sole niche they alone can occupy, like prevalent plastic, maybe.