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Genetically modified bacteria may eat up ocean plastic waste (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago by anzo@programming.dev to c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net

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Genetically modified bacteria may eat up ocean plastic waste

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[–] Trafficone@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 year ago

Some version of this concept has floated (pun intended) around for a while. Thing is that plastics are an energy dense "food source" and once something evolves a way to metabolize it they'll have a huge advantage.

It's like how glyphosate tolerance has appeared in weed plants already. Evolution is always looking for an angle.