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31 sats \ 1 reply \ @south_korea_ln 10 Oct \ parent \ on: Plastic-Eating Bacteria Discovered in Urban Waterways science
First I thought you had made up a funny name for this bacteria, but turns out they are really called that way.
Seems the reason is that one of the compounds they are able to metabolize is testosterone, making it one of their prime carbon sources.
Testosterone is likely not involved in the chemical pathway to break down plastic.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 10 Oct
Wow!!! I want them to stay away from me, then. As far away as possible, I have little enough testosterone as it is, nowadays.
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