A marine fungus known as Parengyodontium album has been found to breakdown polythese, one of the most common plastic pollutants found in the ocean .
In the experiments, the team discovered that the fungus requires UV-light to use PE as an energy source. This finding means that, in the ocean, the fungus only degrades plastic that has been floating near the surface.
What are your thoughts on this ?
It’s fascinating how nature is adapting to our pollution. The discovery of Parengyodontium album breaking down polyethylene with the help of UV light gives hope for ocean cleanup. Though limited to surface plastic, it’s still a promising step toward tackling marine plastic waste. Nature might just be showing us the way forward.
Plastic decomposition are the biggest conceded . reading this gives somehow hope
It is so needed
Now we have some solution for plastic degradation.
Interesting info!
Fascinating information…
I would say, primitive organisms are good at adapting to the challenges from evolutionary point of view. That is these fungi might be doing.
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Its interesting to see how our ecosystem finds a way to find balance whenever there is imbalance caused by humans in any way. This is great but we should actively try to use eco friendly things so this fungus can degrade the huge amount of plastic already present in the ocean
Interesting. Thanks for sharing .
We might need tons of them.
It’s a intresting information
This is the beauty of nature. It’s always gonna find its way.
It’s amazing how every problem have a solution in nature. Plastic pollution is one of the biggest problems our world is facing. And using a fungus to reduce this burden is truly fascinating. It’ll help the world heal slowly as it’s a microorganism not a toxic chemical used to degrade plastic.
Some fungi like Aspergillus and Pestalotiopsis can break down plastic by releasing enzymes that help decompose it, offering eco-friendly waste solutions.
Informative!