@Olap@lemmy.world to LongReads@sh.itjust.worksEnglish • 9 months ago‘We are just getting started’: the plastic-eating bacteria that could change the worldwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down12cross-posted to: environment@beehaw.org
arrow-up1101arrow-down1external-link‘We are just getting started’: the plastic-eating bacteria that could change the worldwww.theguardian.com@Olap@lemmy.world to LongReads@sh.itjust.worksEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square13fedilinkcross-posted to: environment@beehaw.org
minus-squareRob Boslinkfedilink2•9 months 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•9 months agoEasily. But then they would be outcompeted by bacteria that can.
minus-squareRob Boslinkfedilink1•9 months 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.