澳洲科學家發現超級麥皮蟲,可以靠吃聚苯乙烯生存。 這些超級麥皮蟲腸道中有能分解塑膠的細菌。科學家想找出牠們腸道中的哪種酵素可降解塑料,希望能夠複製這種酵素,並找出更有效率的分解方法來幫助回收。
Australian scientists discovered Zophobas morio, also known as superworm, can survive on eating polystyrene. These superworms can feed the plastic to a bacteria in their gut. Scientists would like to find out which enzymes in their gut can degrade plastic, and hopefully can reproduce that enzyme to help recycling.