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Fungi could be the answer to breaking down plastic junk

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Fungi could be the answer to breaking down plastic junk

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Environment@beehaw.orgEnglish · 10 months ago

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Enzymes that break down a polymer in wood can also handle polyethylene.

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Fungi were the first things to eat trees, so I suppose its not surprising that they could maybe eat plastic.

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