Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
These worms ingest sediments, selectively digest bacteria, and absorb molecules through their body walls. Micro-plastic ingestion by Tubifex worms acts as a significant risk for trophic transfer and biomagnification of microplastics up the aquatic food chain. [1]
In mealworms, inhibiting these bacteria by giving antibiotics removes the ability to digest polystyrene, but low-density polyethylene can still be digested to an extent. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The insects themselves also play a role: saliva of waxworms contains enzymes that oxidize and depolymerize polyethylene.
The waxworms metabolize polyethylene plastic films into ethylene glycol, a compound which biodegrades rapidly. [9] This unusual ability to digest matter classically thought of as non-edible may originate with the waxworm's ability to digest beeswax as a result of gut microbes that are essential in the biodegradation process. [10]
These superworms can turn plastic into a meal – and they could hold a possible solution to plastic recycling in the future. Skip to main content. News. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call
Zophobas atratus is a species of darkling beetle, whose larvae are known by the common name superworm, kingworm, barley worm, morio worm or simply Zophobas. Superworms are common in the reptile pet industry as food, along with giant mealworms ( Tenebrio molitor larvae treated with juvenile hormone [ citation needed ] ).
Ideonella sakaiensis is a bacterium from the genus Ideonella and family Comamonadaceae capable of breaking down and consuming the plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) using it as both a carbon and energy source. The bacterium was originally isolated from a sediment sample taken outside of a plastic bottle recycling facility in Sakai City ...
Category:Organisms breaking down plastic (Q25324702). See the instructions for more information. Administrators : If this category name is unlikely to be entered on new pages, and all incoming links have been cleaned up, click here to delete .
Lanice conchilega, commonly known as the sand mason worm, is a species of burrowing marine polychaete worm. It builds a characteristic tube which projects from the seabed, consisting of cemented sand grains and shell fragments with a fringe at the top. Polychaetes, or marine bristle worms, have elongated bodies divided into many segments.