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Fungus in Chernobyl nuclear disaster zone has mutated to 'feed' on radiation (2024)

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73 points thunderbong | 2 comments | 12 Nov 25 15:08 UTC | HN request time: 2.228s | source
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datadrivenangel ◴[12 Nov 25 15:16 UTC] No.45901233[source]▶
Life finds a way.

We're going to see an increase in plastic metabolizing bacteria as well, so eventually our plastics will 'rust' and degrade faster.

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chistev ◴[12 Nov 25 15:19 UTC] No.45901272[source]▶
I was going to ask about plastic eating microbes in my comment. Even metal eating microbes. I wonder how we'll handle that when they start destroying the foundation of civilization. Lol
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1. maplant ◴[12 Nov 25 15:49 UTC] No.45901622[source]▶
I’m not even remotely close to knowledgeable on this subject but I assume metal eating microbes are not possible because metals are not molecular and therefore there’s nothing for them to be broken down into
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2. chistev ◴[12 Nov 25 16:55 UTC] No.45902501[source]▶
Why is this being down voted? It's a question?