Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoResearchers engineer bacteria to produce plasticsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up139arrow-down1external-linkResearchers engineer bacteria to produce plasticsarstechnica.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square12fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squaremvirts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 days ago😅 who thought that was a good idea
minus-squareAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·edit-22 days 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-up9·2 days 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-squaretreadfullinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoThe risk of them being released to the wild.
minus-squarePennomi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoLab bacteria like this almost never can exist outside of very specific environmental parameters.
minus-squareellieficent@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day ago almost never So you’re saying there’s a chance!?
minus-squaressillyssadass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoLet’s hope it doesn’t at least. We don’t need more sources of microplastics.
😅 who thought that was a good idea
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.