Veja mais sobre esse fungo surpreendente:
Os fungos, chamados de "Pestalotiopsis micrósporo", é capaz de sobreviver consumindo apenas plástico, o sem a necessidade de ar ou luz.
Os estudantes Jonathan Russell e Pria Anand escreveram na revista 'Applied and Environmental Microbiology " que a enzima do fungo usa para se decompor plástico foi isolado.
Os cientistas esperam usar a substância extraída para resolver problema do excesso do lixo plástico e ajudar os projetos de biorremediação.
Finalmente uma forma criativa e natural para ajudar a resolver o nosso problema do lixo global.
Researchers from Yale University recently discovered a mushroom in the jungles of Ecuador that is most magical indeed, for this little fungus dines on polyurethane, a very common type of plastic.
Here’s more on this amazing fungus:
The fungi, called “Pestalotiopsis microspore”, is able to survive on eating plastic alone—while without the need for air or light.
Students Jonathan Russell and Pria Anand have written in the journal ‘Applied and Environmental Microbiology’, that the enzyme the fungus uses to decompose plastic has been isolated.
Scientists hope to use the extracted chemical to solve the plastic trash and help bioremediation projects.
Now that’s a creative way to help solve our global waste problem !
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