Marine fungi eating plastic (IMAGE)

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Marine fungi eating plastic

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Marine fungi isolated from around O'ahu eating polyurethane plastic. The translucent halos around the fungal plugs on the Petri dish show the areas of plastic degradation.

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Ronja Steinbach, University of Hawai'i

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