Animals have been eating nature’s original bioplastic for millions of years
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Animals have been eating nature’s original bioplastic for millions of years
Animals may have been quietly feasting on nature’s original biodegradable plastic for hundreds of millions of years.
Date:
August 17, 2026
Source:
Ma
جزئیات
x Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
Summary:
Nature invented biodegradable plastic long before humans did—and animals may have been feeding on it for hundreds of millions of years. Researchers discovered that dozens of animal species possess enzymes capable of breaking down microbial bioplastics called
جمعبندی
PHAs, a talent once thought to belong only to microorganisms.
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