Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoResearchers engineer bacteria to produce plasticsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down10
arrow-up139arrow-down1external-linkResearchers engineer bacteria to produce plasticsarstechnica.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoWhat’s wrong with this? Seems like a useful idea. I don’t think this works outside of a controlled environment.
minus-squaremvirts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoYou’re right, it is definitely a useful idea. Like treadful mentioned my first thought was now we will have bacteria creating microplastics in our environment.
minus-squaretreadful@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoThe risk of them being released to the wild.
minus-squarePennomi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoLab bacteria like this almost never can exist outside of very specific environmental parameters.
minus-squareellieficent@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month ago almost never So you’re saying there’s a chance!?
minus-squaressillyssadass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoLet’s hope it doesn’t at least. We don’t need more sources of microplastics.
What’s wrong with this? Seems like a useful idea. I don’t think this works outside of a controlled environment.
You’re right, it is definitely a useful idea. Like treadful mentioned my first thought was now we will have bacteria creating microplastics in our environment.
The risk of them being released to the wild.
Lab bacteria like this almost never can exist outside of very specific environmental parameters.
So you’re saying there’s a chance!?
Let’s hope it doesn’t at least. We don’t need more sources of microplastics.