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Mark The AntiSatan's avatar

There are species of marine bacteria in several families, including Marinobacter, Oceanospiralles, Pseudomonas, and Alkanivorax, that can eat compounds from petroleum as part of their diet.

Who Thinks Crude Oil Is Delicious? These Ocean Microbes Do

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What would find hydrogel delicious and eat it in a manner it could be evacuated reasonably simply?

Dec 29, 2018 -- "What can dissolve hydrogel?

The dissolution time of hydrogel reduced with the increase of

the concentrations of l-cysteine or GSH, and the hydrogel could be dissolved within 1 min by

adding the l-cysteine or GSH at a concentration of 600 μmol/mL"

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6310937/#:~:text=The%20dissolution%20time%20of%20hydrogel,concentration%20of%20600%20%CE%BCmol%2FmL.

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Larry Sullivan's avatar

Very well said, Dr. Ana! 😊 You do amazing research and so does Karen! And Maria Zeee is a terrific journalist! Have a great day; 😊

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