Pseudomonas aeruginosa is associated with 559,000 yearly deaths worldwide, and many of them come from hospital-acquired ...

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A dangerous hospital superbug has been found to digest plastic—specifically the kind used in some sutures, stents and ...

A common hospital bacterium can eat plastic in sutures and stents, making infections harder to control and medical gear ...

Dangerous' bacteria can survive in sterile hospitals by munching on plastic medical equipment, new research warns ...

A new study reveals that Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a common hospital bacteria in India, can degrade medical-grade plastic. This ...

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Eating plastic, it’s fantastic ... scientists conducted a month-long trial that helped shed light on their gut bacteria. The worms were fed either plastic polystyrene alone, bran (a nutrient ...

namely “those we have been eating through fermented food and beverages, such as lactic acid bacteria, bacillus, some yeasts.” But these don’t degrade plastics. Before using the plastic ...