Comment on Plastic-eating bacteria discovered in the ocean
discocactus@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoIt could always burn though. And in fact burned easier, with a higher O2 level in the atmosphere. And while bacteria did figure out how to break down some wood molecules, fungi evolved and are the more important wood digesters.
MNByChoice@midwest.social 1 week ago
Thank you. I always hear about the fungi and not the bacteria…
Great reminder about the fires. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carboniferous in the section titled “Atmospheric oxygen levels”.