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psyon t1_j5k13oh wrote

Reply to comment by snksleepy in Bacteria Really Can Eat and Digest Plastic, A New Study Finds by molrose96

Plastic is made from oil. Oil and other hydrocarbons are a naturally occurring thing. I would guess that there has been bacteria that eats oil and things for a very long time, and it wasn't a huge leap to eat plastik

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accidental_snot t1_j5k3sev wrote

I didn't read this paper, so maybe talking about the same thing. Bacteria that like plastic was found all over the floor if the Gulf of Mexico. Makes sense to me. Crude oozes up from the floor of the gulf pretty much constantly. Plastic is made from crude.

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