Fermented Foods as Environmental Heroes? The latest research on kimchi derived bacteria's potential to flush nanoplastics from the body has sparked hope for a new front in the fight against plastic pollution.
This unexpected breakthrough prompts us to reconsider our assumptions about the role of microbes in environmental remediation.
At first glance, the discovery that Leuconostoc mesenteroides CBA3656 can bind to nanoplastics with remarkable efficiency under simulated intestinal conditions may seem like a trivial finding.