通常，在一个活跃的微生物环境的聚合物成为看不见的12个星期内肉眼。
Typically, in an active microbial environment the polymer becomes invisible to the naked eye within 12 weeks.
其实这种聚合物合成微生物，微生物与在'细胞的生长发育过程中积累聚合物。
Such polymers are actually synthesised by microbes, with the polymer accumulating in the microbes' cells during growth.
一篇发表在《抗菌素耐药性和感染控制》上的研究发现，一些微生物能在银行钞票的塑料聚合物表面上生存更久的时间。
A study published in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control found that some microbes can have an even longer lifespan on plastic polymer bank notes.
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