Re: [DIYbio] Cigarette Tar Eating Bacteria?

Lung bacteria, or those in the ground/topsoil? If the latter, I'd
check into oil-spill remediation research.

On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 2:32 PM, Cory Geesaman <cory@geesaman.com> wrote:
> I was outside and noticed a lot of cigarette butts on the ground (the snow
> is melting in Maine and people tossed them around the ashtray that was
> buried in the snow) and it got me thinking about how they decompose over
> time.
>
> This leads me to ask the questions to which I can't find any answers online:
>
> Are there any bacteria or small organisms known to break down cigarette tar
> that don't harm Humans?
>
> Could a bacteria be selectively bred or genetically engineered to eat
> cigarette tar in Human lungs then die off without causing harm to the person
> as a means of cleaning out tar?
>
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