Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoResearchers engineer bacteria to produce plasticsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down10
arrow-up137arrow-down1external-linkResearchers engineer bacteria to produce plasticsarstechnica.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·edit-210 months 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-up8·10 months 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-up6·10 months agoThe risk of them being released to the wild.
minus-squarePennomi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 months agoLab bacteria like this almost never can exist outside of very specific environmental parameters.
minus-squareellieficent@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months ago almost never So you’re saying there’s a chance!?
minus-squaressillyssadass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months 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.