Microbes from humics lakes surprise – bacteria and algae produced omega-3 fatty acids from microplastics
Saturday, January 4, 2020 - 15:50
in Biology & Nature
The environmental fate of microplastics has been difficult to trace. A research group used carbon isotope labeling to follow the fate of polyethylene in the food chain. To the researchers surprise, plastic carbon was transformed into beneficial fatty acids, omega-3 and omega-6, by the microbes originating from humic lakes.