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> Or eating the plastic that the oceans are filling up with? Not yes, so far as anyone knows. But they, without a doubt, eventually will. Plastic has lots of e
by ars 8y ago
> Or eating the plastic that the oceans are filling up with?
Not yes, so far as anyone knows. But they, without a doubt, eventually will. Plastic has lots of energy in it, and is made of the exact same atoms life is made from.
- mirimir 8y ago> According to a group of biologists in Japan, the newfound species — named Ideonella sakaiensis 201-F6 — breaks down the plastic by using two enzymes to hydrolyze poly[ethylene terephthalate], or PET. http://www.sci-news.com/biology/ideonella-sakaiensis-bacterium-can-break-down-metabolize-plastic-03693.html http://www.sci-news.com/biology/ideonella-sakaiensis-bacteri... Also, see list of citing articles to this old review: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0734975008000141 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S073497500...