The bacterium Rhodococcus ruber eats and actually digests plastic. This has been shown in laboratory experiments by Ph.D. student Maaike Goudriaan at Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ ...
The endoderm, one of the first tissues to form in the mammalian embryo, gives rise to the entire pulmonary system and digestive tract. Despite its importance, it has not been well characterized. In ...