{"id":141468,"date":"2025-11-30T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=141468"},"modified":"2025-11-30T12:00:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T12:00:09","slug":"chinas-new-secret-weapon-in-biotech-race-tibet-animal-poop-with-stranger-germ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=141468","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s new secret weapon in biotech race: Tibet animal poop with stranger germ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostHidden in the frozen highlands of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau \u2013 often called the \u201cThird Pole\u201d \u2013 lies an unexpected trove of biological innovation: animal poop.<br \/>\nChinese scientists have discovered that the faeces of yaks, Tibetan sheep, antelope and other native herbivores harbour thousands of previously unknown microbial species, some of which could be game changers for biotechnology.<br \/>\nThey include novel strains that have the potential to degrade cellulose \u2013 used for paper, cardboard and clothing \u2013&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3334476\/chinas-new-secret-weapon-biotech-race-tibet-animal-poop-stranger-germ?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostHidden in the frozen highlands of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau \u2013 often called the \u201cThird Pole\u201d \u2013 lies an unexpected trove of biological innovation: animal&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141468"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=141468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141468\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}