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Marine fungi can be trained to degrade plastic pollution
Researchers found marine fungi capable of breaking down plastic. They tested fungi from Hawai‘i’s nearshore waters.
Mighty marine fungi degrade plastic by eating it, and can be conditioned to do it faster
Plastic is the most prevalent marine pollutant, and plastic surfaces are the fastest growing habitat in the ocean.
Scientists in Hawaii are training ‘hungry’ marine fungi to eat ocean plastics
Researchers are training ‘mighty’ marine fungi to quickly eat polyurethane, one of our most common plastics. View on euronews ...
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Marine Fungi Could Eat Plastic Pollution, Helping to Clean Our Oceans and Beaches
Learn more about the marine fungi that could be conditioned to help clean up Hawai’i’s beaches.
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Marine fungi with plastic munching power can be made hungrier, angrier with new method
Fungi have been recognized as potential allies in the fight against plastic pollution for a while now. These microorganisms ...
Marine life: Tiny organisms have symbiotic relationships with pathogenic bacteria
Choanoflagellates envelop and digest still smaller cells. Ocean ecosystems depend on these predators to consume plant-like ...
No such thing as an old and bold mushroom hunter
Late summer and early fall is the best time for mushrooms. For the past couple of weeks I’ve been out and about searching high and low for all sorts of mushrooms. I find peace in the simple ...
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Fossilized Poop Reveals How Extinct, Flightless Birds Helped Spread New Zealand’s Colorful Fungi
Many fungi rely on animals to spread and proliferate ... truffles—the island’s only native mammal species are bats and marine creatures. This got scientists wondering: How were the fungi ...
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Mighty marine fungi degrade plastic, can train to do it faster
Researchers at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa recently discovered that many species of fungi isolated from Hawai‘i’s ...