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The article says that the bacteria uses plastic but does it actually eat it?
by witchesindublin 3y ago
The article says that the bacteria uses plastic but does it actually eat it?
- jacobsenscott 3y agoNot from my reading. I think most of the commenters on this are mis-reading the article.
- cthalupa 3y agoThere are some bacteria that we are aware of that eat plastic - Rhodococcus ruber is probably the most prominent - but my understanding is that we are not aware of any vibrio bacteria that does, and that's what they're worried about in the sargassum.
- hirundo 3y agoYou're right, my bad, the article only says the bacteria attaches to the plastic.