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Bernardo de La Paz

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1. Thanks for bringing this to us! Trumpanzees will tell you that evolution is impossible.

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Tue Apr 17, 2018, 07:03 AM

Apr 2018

the bacterium — Ideonella sakaiensis — evolved fairly recently in a waste recycling center, since plastics were not invented until the 1940s. Ideonella sakaiensis feeds exclusively on PET plastic, widely used in bottles.

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Scientists engineer plastic-eating enzyme that could help fight pollution [View all] nitpicker Apr 2018 OP

Thanks for bringing this to us! Trumpanzees will tell you that evolution is impossible. Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2018 #1

I read "Mutant 59: The Plastic Eaters" in grade school. ehrnst Apr 2018 #2

What could posibly go wrong? FailureToCommunicate Apr 2018 #3

I can see the horror movie now. Plastic-eating bacteria gets into the Tupperware and civilization Nitram Apr 2018 #4

anyone have any idea what the plastic breaks down into? nt Javaman Apr 2018 #5

Uh oh, there goes my fiberglass boat! Canoe52 Apr 2018 #6