The long read: When a microbe was found munching on a plastic bottle in a rubbish dump, it promised a recycling revolution. Now scientists are attempting to turbocharge those powers in a bid to solve our waste crisis. But will it work?
  • @Daefsdeda
    1•9 months ago

    Easily. But then they would be outcompeted by bacteria that can.

    • Rob Bos
      1•9 months ago

      Unless they have a sole niche they alone can occupy, like prevalent plastic, maybe.