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There are bacteria that can eat nylon, a man-made molecule. Nylon was invented in 1935 and these bacteria were discovered in 1975. The enzymes used by these bac
by 29athrowaway 6y ago
There are bacteria that can eat nylon, a man-made molecule. Nylon was invented in 1935 and these bacteria were discovered in 1975. The enzymes used by these bacteria only work on nylon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nylon-eating_bacteria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nylon-eating_bacteria
Bacteria have much shorter generations and this facilitates rapid evolution.