Mealworms digest styrofoam
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•Scientists in Kenya team up with mealworms to help solve the plastic problem in Africa
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Scientists in Kenya team up with mealworms to help solve the plastic problem in Africa .
Scientists have discovered that a Kenyan mealworm species has the ability to eat and digest polystyrene.
Researchers at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology conducted a month-long study that found that the stomach bacteria within the larvae of Alphitobius darkling beetles can adapt their enzymes to break down styrofoam.
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