But she expects using the chemical in some kind of industrial process-not simply "millions of worms thrown on top of the plastic".
2018年高考英語北京卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文
Is it an enzyme produced by the worm itself or by its gut microbes?
2018年高考英語北京卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文
Jennifer Debruyn, a microbiologist at the university of tennessee, who was not involved in the study, says it is not surprising that such worms can break down polyethylene.
2018年高考英語北京卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文
Researchers in spain and england recently found that the worms of the greater wax moth can break down polyethylene, which accounts for 40% of plastics.
2018年高考英語北京卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文
So far there is no effective way to get rid of it, but a new study suggests an answer may lie in the stomachs of some hungry worms.
2018年高考英語北京卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文
The team left 100 wax worms on a commercial polyethylene shopping bag for 12 hours, and the worms consumed and broke down about 92 milligrams, or almost 3% of it.
2018年高考英語北京卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文
To confirm that the worms' chewing alone was not responsible for the polyethylene breakdown, the researchers made some worms into paste and applied it to plastic films.