Phylogenetic Distribution of Plastic-Degrading Microorganisms

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Rational Protein Engineering of Thermo-Stable PETase from Ideonella sakaiensis for Highly Efficient PET Degradation

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Plastics: Microbial Degradation, Environmental and Biotechnological Perspectives

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Polycaprolactone Enzymatic Hydrolysis: A Mechanistic Study

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White and wonderful? Microplastics prevail in snow from the Alps to the Arctic

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Microplastics in the New Zealand green lipped mussel Perna canaliculus

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Conformational fitting of a flexible oligomeric substrate does not explain the enzymatic PET degradation

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Microbial Degradation of UV-Pretreated Low-Density Polyethylene Films by Novel Polyethylene-Degrading Bacteria Isolated from Plastic-Dump Soil

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Growth kinetics and biodeterioration of polypropylene microplastics by Bacillus sp. and Rhodococcus sp. isolated from mangrove sediment

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Enhanced polymer degradation of polyethylene and polypropylene by novel thermophilic consortia of Brevibacillus sps. and Aneurinibacillus sp. screened from waste management landfills and sewage treatment plants

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Characterization and engineering of a plastic-degrading aromatic polyesterase

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Dissolved organic carbon leaching from plastics stimulates microbial activity in the ocean

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New Insights into the Function and Global Distribution of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET)-Degrading Bacteria and Enzymes in Marine and Terrestrial Metagenomes

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Double trouble in the South Pacific subtropical gyre: Increased plastic ingestion by fish in the oceanic accumulation zone

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Plastic waste management, a matter for the ‘community’

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Screening of Bacillus strains isolated from mangrove ecosystems in Peninsular Malaysia for microplastic degradation

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Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

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Microbial enzymes for the recycling of recalcitrant petroleum-based plastics: how far are we?

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Microbial assisted High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS) degradation

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ETE 3: Reconstruction, Analysis, and Visualization of Phylogenomic Data

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A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate)

(2016) Shosuke Yoshida et al.   SCIENCE

The Mediterranean Plastic Soup: synthetic polymers in Mediterranean surface waters

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Biodegradation and Mineralization of Polystyrene by Plastic-Eating Mealworms: Part 2. Role of Gut Microorganisms

(2015) Yu Yang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Selection of a Pseudonocardia sp. RM423 that accelerates the biodegradation of poly(lactic) acid in submerged cultures and in soil microcosms

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Experimental development of a new protocol for extraction and characterization of microplastics in fish tissues: First observations in commercial species from Adriatic Sea

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The impact of debris on marine life

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Soil burial biodegradation of antimicrobial biodegradable PBAT films

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Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

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Degradation of polyurethane by bacterium isolated from soil and assessment of polyurethanolytic activity of a Pseudomonas putida strain

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Evaluating the impacts of marine debris on cetaceans

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Study of microbes having potentiality for biodegradation of plastics

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Accumulation of plastic-derived chemicals in tissues of seabirds ingesting marine plastics

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MAFFT Multiple Sequence Alignment Software Version 7: Improvements in Performance and Usability

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Biodegradation of poly (ε-caprolactone) (PCL) film and foam plastic by Pseudozyma japonica sp. nov., a novel cutinolytic ustilaginomycetous yeast species

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Growing Unculturable Bacteria

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The SILVA ribosomal RNA gene database project: improved data processing and web-based tools

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Microorganisms participating in the biodegradation of modified polyethylene films in different soils under laboratory conditions

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Diversity of polyester-degrading bacteria in compost and molecular analysis of a thermoactive esterase from Thermobifida alba AHK119

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Selectivity in Mammalian Extinction Risk and Threat Types: a New Measure of Phylogenetic Signal Strength in Binary Traits

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Growth of Pseudomonas and Bacillus biofilms on pretreated polypropylene surface

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Amycolatopsis thailandensis sp. nov., a poly(L-lactic acid)-degrading actinomycete, isolated from soil

(2010) A. Chomchoei et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

FastTree 2 – Approximately Maximum-Likelihood Trees for Large Alignments

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Effect of sepiolite on the biodegradation of poly(lactic acid) and polycaprolactone

(2010) Kikku Fukushima et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

Purification and characterization of poly(L-lactic acid) depolymerase from Pseudomonas sp. strain DS04-T

(2010) Zhanyong Wang et al.   POLYMER ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE

trimAl: a tool for automated alignment trimming in large-scale phylogenetic analyses

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Biological degradation of plastics: A comprehensive review

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Degradation of unpretreated and thermally pretreated polypropylene by soil consortia

(2008) Ambika Arkatkar et al.   INTERNATIONAL BIODETERIORATION & BIODEGRADATION