• kadu@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Without artificial selection, the few bacteria capable of digesting some plastics only do so when it’s the only source of carbon and energy. Plastics require expressing complex enzymes and the process is not efficient.

    If you have literally any other sugar available in your environment, it’s better to digest that instead. So they aren’t out there absolutely massacring plastic waste, unless they happen to be in an environment where this is all that’s left.