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Study: Bacteria in Kimchi Could Eliminate Nanoplastics from Body

Study: Bacteria in Kimchi Could Eliminate Nanoplastics from Body - Lemmy.ca

> New research finds that the lactic acid bacteria in kimchi could eliminate nanoplastics from the body. > The World Institute of Kimchi announced on Wednesday that it had injected lab mice with Leuconostoc mesenteroides CBA3656, a type of lactic acid bacteria isolated from kimchi, and found that their detected nanoplastic levels were more than twice as high as those of mice not injected with CBA3656.

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grue Mar 12

Can I get the same bacteria from sauerkraut instead?

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GutterRat42 Mar 12

Stupid Kimchi and It’s fishiness. Probably different bacteria

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too_high_for_this Mar 12

The fishiness is from fish sauce and salted/fermented shrimp. You can make kimchi without those, just use something else for umami.

The bacteria are basically the same.

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undrwater Mar 12

The same as kraut? My guess would be no if the kimchi has ingredients the kraut doesn’t (ie fish).

I’m going to read the paper, quite interested in the methodology.

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too_high_for_this

They’re all lactic acid bacteria. The exact species might vary in different regions, like yeast, so kimchi from Korea and sauerkraut made in Germany might have slightly different species, but if you were to get local cabbage and make them both at home, they would have essentially the same bacteria.