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Fungi and Mushrooms are truly nature's miracle...Fungi found capable of biodegrading plastic 1
#20487358 - 08/28/14 03:25 AM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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Fungi seem to be nature's way of bridging any gaps created by humanity. First, fungus that could eat radiation was discovered in Chernobyl.... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070522210932.htm
Now the problem of degrading plastic is being tackled by the subject of our favorite hobby. A fungus that can degrade plastic biologically has been discovered and Yale researchers are trying to breed it on a large scale. Considering that plastic doesn't biodegrade under normal conditions, and takes 300 years to photodegrade, this would be a turning point in solving the world's waste problems http://themindunleashed.org/2014/08/fungus-discovered-rainforest-capable-eating-plastic-pollution.html
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Re: Fungi and Mushrooms are truly nature's miracle...Fungi found capable of biodegrading plastic [Re: 2bittoker]
#20487370 - 08/28/14 03:32 AM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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curious what it does to the brain long term, fungus that is. When ingested, what could fungus do to the body?
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Re: Fungi and Mushrooms are truly nature's miracle...Fungi found capable of biodegrading plastic [Re: CLIT]
#20487791 - 08/28/14 07:31 AM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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This would seriously be huge. Yay mushrooms saving humanity!
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Re: Fungi and Mushrooms are truly nature's miracle...Fungi found capable of biodegrading plastic [Re: DiscoBiscuitsTrip]
#20487962 - 08/28/14 08:19 AM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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I've always found it incredible that myc can eat through aluminum but won't do the same to plastic tubs.
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Re: Fungi and Mushrooms are truly nature's miracle...Fungi found capable of biodegrading plastic [Re: CLIT]
#20488429 - 08/28/14 10:31 AM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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CLIT said: curious what it does to the brain long term, fungus that is. When ingested, what could fungus do to the body?
Fungi is a kingdom. There is an abundance of different types of fungi that do different things. Some can cure bacterial infections, others get you high, and some kill you. You have to be specific on which species your addressing.
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Re: Fungi and Mushrooms are truly nature's miracle...Fungi found capable of biodegrading plastic [Re: LittleDaddy]
#20488438 - 08/28/14 10:32 AM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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We've known that certain fungi can degrade plastic for some time now.
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Re: Fungi and Mushrooms are truly nature's miracle...Fungi found capable of biodegrading plastic [Re: LittleDaddy]
#20489525 - 08/28/14 03:16 PM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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This is great news! Fungi are pretty damn amazing.
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Re: Fungi and Mushrooms are truly nature's miracle...Fungi found capable of biodegrading plastic [Re: Wyrm03]
#20489588 - 08/28/14 03:28 PM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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This is awesome.
I remember reading about it here in the science forum.
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Re: Fungi and Mushrooms are truly nature's miracle...Fungi found capable of biodegrading plastic [Re: LittleDaddy]
#20490635 - 08/28/14 08:18 PM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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LittleDaddy said: We've known that certain fungi can degrade plastic for some time now.
http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/feb2007.html
http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/may97.html
I might do a similar experiment for my senior research project... assuming I can obtain a wedge of Phanerochaete chrysosporium
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Re: Fungi and Mushrooms are truly nature's miracle...Fungi found capable of biodegrading plastic [Re: Mykes logos]
#20491640 - 08/29/14 01:19 AM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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Awesome! Very interesting. What're your plans exactly?
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Re: Fungi and Mushrooms are truly nature's miracle...Fungi found capable of biodegrading plastic [Re: LittleDaddy]
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