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Re:Caterpillar found to eat shopping bags, suggesting soluti... by ismail on Monday April 24, 2017 @02:09PM (#14186546)
Interesting that a study was reported on the exact same site, but in 2014.

https://m.phys.org/news/2014-12-gut-bacteria-worm-degrade-pl...

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Re:Caterpillar found to eat shopping bags, suggesting soluti... by vanderZwan on Monday April 24, 2017 @04:09PM (#14187767)
Could be the same bacteria mentioned in the Caterpillar article here:

> Scientists say that the degradation rate is extremely fast compared to other recent discoveries, such as bacteria reported last year to biodegrade some plastics at a rate of just 0.13mg a day.

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Re:Caterpillar found to eat shopping bags, suggesting soluti... by greggyb on Saturday April 29, 2017 @02:49PM (#14228082)
.13mg of plastic per day per _____? How many bacteria, or what weight or volume of bacteria?

.13mg of plastic per day per bacterium would be incredible; per kg of bacteria would be not so amazing.

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