Scientists discover plastic-eating fungi that could help clean up world’s oceans

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml · 9 days ago

Scientists discover plastic-eating fungi that could help clean up world’s oceans

ijhoo@lemmy.ml · 9 days ago

Didn’t they discover them years ago at the garbage dump in Japan?

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml · 9 days ago

I recall reading something about that a few years ago.

ijhoo@lemmy.ml · 9 days ago

Ah. It wasn’t fungi, it was bacteria

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2080279-bacteria-found-to-eat-pet-plastics-could-help-do-the-recycling/

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml · 9 days ago

ah right

nsfwpls@lemdro.id · 9 days ago

You can even buy your own and do this at home, but I’m not sure how it compares to the strains mentioned in the article.

https://northspore.com/collections/liquid-cultures/products/polyurethane-degrading-liquid-culture-syringe

CredibleBattery [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net · edit-2 9 days ago

this is cool and all but what if it gets in our blood, no scratch that, what if it gets INSIDE our brains?? yknow, where the microplastics are stored.