plastic eating fungus

[gejohnston]

Just when you thought that plastic waste was never going to break down in the environment, along comes Mother Nature to solve the problem.

The Amazon contains more species of flora and fauna than virtually anywhere else on earth.
In a report by NZ Herald it was stated that a group of students from Yale University found a species which appears to be happy eating plastic in airless landfills.

The group of students are part of Yale's annual Rainforest Expedition and Laboratory. Travelling with professor Scott Strobel of the molecular biochemistry lab into the jungles of Ecuador, the mission was to allow "students to experience the scientific inquiry process in a comprehensive and creative way."

Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/320986#ixzz2oWeLYkyY

This is really cool.

[msongs]

1. meat eating humans will soon reduce the amazon to desert - bye bye species abundance nt

[gejohnston]

2. unfortunately, this is true.

[itsrobert]

3. So plastic in the food chain

good idea. I guess getting food from China bypasses all that and you get it directly.

[phantom power]

4. Does it stay in the airless landfills?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directive_51_(novel)

[agent46]

5. Science Fiction from childhood

Mutant 59 - The Plastic Eaters


http://www.amazon.com/Mutant-59-Plastic-Eaters-Kit-Pedler/dp/0670496626