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Masana kimiya a jami'ar Queensland da ke kasar Ostireliya, sun gano cewa tsutsa na Zophobas morio beetles -wanda aka fi sani da king worms ko zophobas-, na iya hada da abinci mai 'atypical' a cikin abincinsu, amma yana da matukar amfani a duniyar da ke cike da robobi. : polystyrene, filastik na kowa a cikin marufi ko kwantena abinci. 'dandanin'sa na wannan kayan, wanda aka ƙara zuwa girmansa, na iya zama mabuɗin don samun ƙarin ƙimar sake amfani da su. An buga sakamakon a cikin mujallar 'Microbial Genomics'.
Tsutsotsi masu cin filastik ba sabon abu bane. Larvae na tsutsotsin kakin zuma (Galleria mellonella) na iya karya robobi a lokacin rikodin kuma suna da zafin daki saboda godiyarsu, a cewar masu binciken CSIC na baya-bayan nan.
Ko kuma ƙaramin dangin sarki tsutsa, tsutsar abinci, shima yana iya hadiye wannan kayan. Bambanci da zophobas shine girmansa: yayin da tsutsotsin abinci ya kai santimita 2.5, tsutsotsi na sarki, waɗanda ake amfani da su don ciyar da dabbobi masu rarrafe da tsuntsaye a cikin bauta - kuma ko da abincin ɗan adam a ƙasashe kamar Thailand ko Mexico - na iya kaiwa ninki biyu, har zuwa 5 santimita a tsayi. A gaskiya ma, saboda wannan dalili an san su da 'superworms'.
"Mun yi hasashen cewa idan wasu kananan tsutsotsi za su iya cin robobi, watakila wadannan tsutsotsi masu girma za su iya ci fiye da haka," in ji Chris Rinke, wanda ya jagoranci binciken. Don gwada wannan hasashe, ƙungiyar ta ciyar da superworms abinci daban-daban na makonni uku. A sa an kawo rukuni a ajiye; zuwa wani 'dadi' Styrofoam; akwai rashin abinci na ƙarshe, a matsayin ƙungiyar kulawa. Tsutsotsin da suka ci filastik na iya rayuwa har ma sun sami nauyi idan aka kwatanta da waɗanda suka ji yunwa, "yana nuna cewa tsutsotsi na iya samun kuzari daga cin Styrofoam," in ji Rinke.
Bayan gwajin, ƙwararrun tsutsotsin Styrofoam da suke ciyar da su sun girma akai-akai, suka zama pupae sannan suka lalatar da manyan beetles gaba ɗaya; duk da haka, gwaje-gwaje daban-daban sun nuna asarar bambance-bambancen ƙananan ƙwayoyin cuta a cikin hanjinsu da kuma yuwuwar ƙwayoyin cuta. Wato tsutsotsi na iya tsira daga cin robobi, amma ba shine abinci mafi gina jiki ga lafiyarsu ba.
Cire tsutsotsi daga 'koren equation'
Masu binciken sun nuna cewa, don 'wadatar' abincin su, Styrofoam na iya haɗawa da sharar abinci ko kayan aikin gona. Rinke ya ce "Wannan zai zama wata hanya ta inganta lafiyar tsutsotsi da kuma taimakawa da yawan sharar da ake samu daga kasashen yammacin duniya."
Amma yayin da zai yiwu a haifi tsutsotsi masu yawa don wannan dalili, mai binciken ya yi la'akari da wani ra'ayi: ƙirƙirar shuke-shuken sake yin amfani da su wanda ya yi kama da abin da tsutsa ke yi, wanda shine a fara fara cire robobi a bakinsu sannan kuma a narkar da shi ta hanyar ƙwayoyin cuta. "A ƙarshe, muna so mu cire superworms daga lissafin." Abin da ya sa ƙungiyar ta yi nazari kan al'ummar gut microbial ta hanyar jinsi don gano wane nau'in enzymes da aka shigar da su a cikin lalata filastik. Manufar ita ce a daidaita wannan binciken a cikin bincike na gaba, gano mafi kyawun enzymes don lalata filastik sannan kuma inganta su a cikin dakin gwaje-gwaje.
Kayayyakin ɓarkewar wannan halayen na iya ciyar da wasu ƙananan ƙwayoyin cuta don ƙirƙirar mahadi masu ƙima, irin su bioplastics-wanda aka samo daga wasu abubuwan ban da man fetur kuma mafi sauƙin lalacewa. Wataƙila makomar gaba tana cikin tsutsotsi.
