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-square12fedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down12cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1102arrow-down1external-link‘We are just getting started’: the plastic-eating bacteria that could change the worldwww.theguardian.comOlap@lemmy.world to LongReads@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square12fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareRob Boslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months 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-up1·9 months agoEasily. But then they would be outcompeted by bacteria that can.
minus-squareRob Boslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 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.