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There are bacteria that will eat almost anything, but I have never heard it
suggsted that they are abundant enough to cope with all the plastic waste in
the sea. If there were a bacterium capable of doing this, it would already
be hard at work in the landfills of the world. Plastic in the sea is less
concentrated than in landfills.
Also, I have no idea of what these bacteria turn plastic into.
I suspect that the bacteria that PtP refers to will prove to raise more
problems than they solve.
Bill Silvert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pay_the_Piper" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 4:49 PM
Subject: Plastic-eating bacteria in the ocean?
> Last night's ReGenesis tv program dealt with a bacterium which was eating
> through plastic wire coatings.
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> Are there bacteria feeding on that great plastic mass in the Pacific and
> forming a new ecosystem and food chain?
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> PtP
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