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Udderly brilliant! Scientists discover microbes in cow stomachs that can break down PLASTIC — representing a sustainable way to reduce litter
The Daily Mail ^
| 2 Jul 2021
| Ian Randall
Posted on 07/02/2021 8:02:11 PM PDT by blueplum
Microbe communities found in the stomach of cows can break down plastic, potentially offering a sustainable way to help reduce litter, a study has found.
Specifically, the organisms come from the rumen — the first and largest of the four compartments that make up the bovine stomach....
...The team found that the microbes from the cows' rumens were capable of breaking down all three plastics — PET, PBAT, PEF — with the powdered versions, with their greater surface areas to attack, unsurprisingly breaking down faster than the films.
Moreover — compared to the results of similar studies conducted using single microorganisms — the team found that rumen liquid was more effective....
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: beef; cowpower; plastics; recycling
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every part of a cow is useful, every part!
Eat More Beef Save the Planet!
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posted on
07/02/2021 8:02:11 PM PDT
by
blueplum
To: blueplum
How about feasibility. Are we going to start feeding plastic bottles to cows? I don’t think so.
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posted on
07/02/2021 8:06:37 PM PDT
by
Bayard
To: blueplum
Glad they didn’t outlaw them yet... lol
We would have never known Cows are actually greener than anything else. Plastic? that is huge.:)
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posted on
07/02/2021 8:06:46 PM PDT
by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: blueplum
Slow cook brisket with a can of coke then finish on the grill.
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posted on
07/02/2021 8:06:53 PM PDT
by
Track9
(Dealing with democrats is like living without toilet paper. )
To: blueplum
Great. Now all you need to find is a cow that likes legos!
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posted on
07/02/2021 8:07:30 PM PDT
by
The MAGA-Deplorian
(Democrats are lawless because Republicans are ball-less)
To: Bayard
If they think cow bacteria is great, wait till they try goat ruminant bacteria.
To: blueplum
Cool! The great circle of life…
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posted on
07/02/2021 8:09:46 PM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“I’m not a conspiracy theorist....but, I don’t believe in coincidences, either.” ~ Steve Bannon)
To: blueplum
Some plastics can kill a cow or calf. Experienced it.
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posted on
07/02/2021 8:10:29 PM PDT
by
waterhill
To: blueplum
So they suggest we eat cows that have been fed plastic?
No thanks.
To: blueplum
This leftist rag makes its living off of articles such as this. Note how you are bombarded with endless pop up videos when you go to the site. Note they never even name one microbe!!!! Well I will, Neocallimastix. Look that up in your Funk and Wagnells.
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posted on
07/02/2021 8:13:19 PM PDT
by
Fungi
To: Bayard
the plan is to harvest rumen from slaughterhouses
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posted on
07/02/2021 8:14:27 PM PDT
by
blueplum
("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
To: blueplum
Goats seem to eat almost anything. Wonder if they checked out their stomachs?
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posted on
07/02/2021 8:14:38 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
To: blueplum
A cow actually ingesting plastic is a death sentence. Painful for the cow. So what if some of the microbes can breakdown plastic?
I am sure some microbes in humans and dogs can do the same.
This is a dumbass study.
To: blueplum
What about the cow farts? Deal breaker!
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posted on
07/02/2021 8:15:38 PM PDT
by
Old Yeller
(Whatever doesn’t kill you will make you stronger. Except bears. Bears will definitely kill you.h)
To: blueplum
I am going to be nice and not say what my thoughts are.
The bacteria can be cultured outside of the cow folks... We don’t have to feed plastic to cows to utilize this. lol
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posted on
07/02/2021 8:16:43 PM PDT
by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: Bayard; plain talk
“How about feasibility. Are we going to start feeding plastic bottles to cows? I don’t think so.”
You both made this comment.
I can’t imagine why you’d think that.
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posted on
07/02/2021 8:16:50 PM PDT
by
ifinnegan
( Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: blueplum
Anyone remember Mutant 59 - The Plastic Eaters by Kit Pedlar and Gerry Davis?
Don’t celebrate yet.....
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posted on
07/02/2021 8:17:55 PM PDT
by
Some Fat Guy in L.A.
(Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
To: blueplum
And it can be cultured in controlled environments. I am slapping my forehead right now at these comments...
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posted on
07/02/2021 8:18:19 PM PDT
by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: Bayard
Are we going to start feeding plastic bottles to cows?Goats, maybe.
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posted on
07/02/2021 8:18:36 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
To: ifinnegan
I had big question marks too...
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posted on
07/02/2021 8:19:39 PM PDT
by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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