Wow!!! I want them to stay away from me, then. As far away as possible, I have little enough testosterone as it is, nowadays.

Rothbardian_fanatic

First I thought you had made up a funny name for this bacteria, but turns out they are really called that way. 

Seems the reason is that one of the compounds they are able to metabolize is testosterone, making it one of their prime carbon sources.

Testosterone is likely not involved in the chemical pathway to break down plastic.

south_korea_ln

science

Plastic-Eating Bacteria Discovered in Urban Waterways

IamSINGLE

I suspect that the C. testosteroni like to eat the smallest pieces available. I wonder if they degrade things like plastic bags and the infamous plastic straws. Just eating the microplastics would be great by itself because there is so much of it.