@Olap@lemmy.world to Excellent Reads@sh.itjust.worksEnglish • 2 years ago‘We are just getting started’: the plastic-eating bacteria that could change the worldwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down12
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minus-squareRob Boslinkfedilink2•2 years agoI wonder if they could be bred to be unable to directly metabolize sugar, or if that’s a ridiculous thought.
minus-square@Daefsdeda@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink1•2 years agoEasily. But then they would be outcompeted by bacteria that can.
minus-squareRob Boslinkfedilink1•2 years 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.