Substrate Digest
Issue 10: The kimchi bacteria that catch microplastic
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Seven papers, from 2023 to 2026, on whether the bacteria in fermented food can pick plastic particles out of a gut. Nothing here digests anything: the particles stick to the outside of the cells and leave unchanged. What the labs cannot agree on is whether that sticking is why any of it works, and one group tested the idea directly and ruled it out.
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