The hungry gut bacteria that enable waxworms to live on plastic waste
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Mar 06 2020 at 2:18 AM GMT
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- Plastic pollution is a monumental issue and one that isn't going away anytime soon, but researchers are opening up new possibilities around how we could chip away at the problem.
- Scientists working in this area at Canada's Brandon University have made an exciting discovery, zeroing in on the mechanisms that enable a common species of caterpillar to survive on a diet of plastic alone.
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- Published Mar 6, 2020 2:18 AM GMT