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This Microbe Eats Polystyrene… And Polyurethane

Link to Series Playlist:    • Plastic Breakdown Series – Can Biology Sol...   We insulate our homes, wrap our electronics, and seal our walls with plastic foams designed to resist time, heat, and microbes. But Pseudomonas didn’t get the memo. In this episode of Plastic Breakdown, we meet one of the most metabolically flexible bacterial genera on Earth — found in seawater, sewage, and, yes… hospital sinks. Pseudomonas putida has been shown to break down polyurethane. Some strains even start oxidizing polystyrene. It thrives without sunlight. Adapts fast. And in some cases, it’s more than just a recycler — it's a pathogen. 🔬 How do its enzymes break through plastics designed to last forever? 🧪 Can a hospital-grade bacterium really survive on medical tubing? 📉 And is this bioplastic dream… also a biomedical nightmare? Not science fiction. Just very real, very hungry microbes. 📌 Sources and further reading: Wilkes & Aristilde (2017) – Degradation of polyurethanes by Pseudomonas species Urbanek et al. (2018) – Polystyrene biodegradation under oxidative pre-treatment EvidenceNetwork.ca – Pseudomonas feeding on hospital plastics Danso et al. (2019) – Plastics in the environment: microbial solutions #PlasticBreakdown #Pseudomonas #Polyurethane #Polystyrene #Biodegradation #MicrobialEcology #HospitalPathogens