Biodegradation of microplastics: Better late than never

Beyond oil degradation: enzymatic potential of Alcanivorax to degrade natural and synthetic polyesters

(2020) Vinko Zadjelovic et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Periphytic biofilm: An innovative approach for biodegradation of microplastics

(2020) Sadaf Shabbir et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microbial Degradation and Valorization of Plastic Wastes

(2020) Jiakang Ru et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Approaching the environmental problem of microplastics: Importance of WWTP treatments

(2020) Daniel Sol et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Biodegradation of microplastics in food and agriculture

(2020) Hannah S Zurier et al.   Current Opinion in Food Science

Distribution and characterization of microplastics in beach sand from three different Indian coastal environments

(2019) M. Tiwari et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Current knowledge on enzymatic PET degradation and its possible application to waste stream management and other fields

(2019) Fusako Kawai et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Biodegradation of PET: Current Status and Application Aspects

(2019) Ikuo Taniguchi et al.   ACS Catalysis

Microbial Genes for a Circular and Sustainable Bio-PET Economy

(2019) Salvador et al.   Genes

Structure of the plastic-degrading Ideonella sakaiensis MHETase bound to a substrate

(2019) Gottfried J. Palm et al.   Nature Communications

Polyvinyl chloride biodegradation by Pseudomonas citronellolis and Bacillus flexus

(2019) Lucia Giacomucci et al.   New Biotechnology

Microplastics in the soil environment: Occurrence, risks, interactions and fate – A review

(2019) Baile Xu et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The plastisphere in marine ecosystem hosts potential specific microbial degraders including Alcanivorax borkumensis as a key player for the low-density polyethylene degradation

(2019) Alice Delacuvellerie et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Bioplastics: Missing link in the era of Microplastics

(2019) V.C. Shruti et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Biodegradation of polyethylene microplastic particles by the fungus Aspergillus flavus from the guts of wax moth Galleria mellonella

(2019) Junqing Zhang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Plastics of the future? The impact of biodegradable polymers on the environment and on society

(2018) Tobias Haider et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Biodegradation of Poly(lactic acid) in Soil Microcosms at Ambient Temperature: Evaluation of Natural Attenuation, Bio-augmentation and Bio-stimulation

(2018) Sadia Mehmood Satti et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

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

(2018) H.S. Auta et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Effect of Hydroxyl Monomers on the Enzymatic Degradation of Poly(ethylene succinate), Poly(butylene succinate), and Poly(hexylene succinate)

(2018) Zhenhui Bai et al.   Polymers

Colonization of Non-biodegradable and Biodegradable Plastics by Marine Microorganisms

(2018) Claire Dussud et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

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

(2018) Dominik Danso et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Sorption and desorption of phenanthrene on biodegradable poly(butylene adipate co-terephtalate) microplastics

(2018) Lin-Zi Zuo et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Targeted neurotechnology restores walking in humans with spinal cord injury

(2018) Fabien B. Wagner et al.   NATURE

Methods for sampling and detection of microplastics in water and sediment: A critical review

(2018) Joana Correia Prata et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Biodegradation of Microplastic Derived from Poly(ethylene terephthalate) with Bacterial Whole-Cell Biocatalysts

(2018) Jixian Gong et al.   Polymers

Degradation and metabolism of synthetic plastics and associated products by Pseudomonas sp.: capabilities and challenges

(2017) R.A. Wilkes et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

PHB (poly-β-hydroxybutyrate) and its enzymatic degradation

(2017) Roohi et al.   POLYMERS FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES

Hydrolytic degradation of polylactic acid (PLA) and its composites

(2017) Moataz A. Elsawy et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Biodegradation of polyethylene microplastics by the marine fungus Zalerion maritimum

(2017) Ana Paço et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in freshwater and terrestrial environments: Evaluating the current understanding to identify the knowledge gaps and future research priorities

(2017) Alice A. Horton et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Biodegradation of bioplastics in natural environments

(2017) S. Mehdi Emadian et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

Biodegradable and Petroleum-Based Microplastics Do Not Differ in Their Ingestion and Excretion but in Their Biological Effects in a Freshwater Invertebrate Gammarus fossarum

(2017) Sandrine Straub et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Glycoside Hydrolases Degrade Polymicrobial Bacterial Biofilms in Wounds

(2016) Derek Fleming et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Effects of microplastics on European flat oysters, Ostrea edulis and their associated benthic communities

(2016) Dannielle Senga Green   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Wastewater Treatment Works (WwTW) as a Source of Microplastics in the Aquatic Environment

(2016) Fionn Murphy et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

From macroplastic to microplastic: Degradation of high-density polyethylene, polypropylene, and polystyrene in a salt marsh habitat

(2016) John E. Weinstein et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Enzymatic hydrolysis of poly(ethylene furanoate)

(2016) Alessandro Pellis et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate)

(2016) Shosuke Yoshida et al.   SCIENCE

Determination of microplastic polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) in environmental samples using thermal analysis (TGA-DSC)

(2016) Marius Majewsky et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Prospects for microbiological solutions to environmental pollution with plastics

(2015) Martin C. Krueger et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Effect of hydrolysis products on the enzymatic degradation of polyethylene terephthalate nanoparticles by a polyester hydrolase from Thermobifida fusca

(2015) Markus Barth et al.   BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

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

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

The role of environmental biotechnology in exploring, exploiting, monitoring, preserving, protecting and decontaminating the marine environment

(2015) Nicolas Kalogerakis et al.   New Biotechnology

A novel Ca2+-activated, thermostabilized polyesterase capable of hydrolyzing polyethylene terephthalate from Saccharomonospora viridis AHK190

(2014) Fusako Kawai et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Fate of Microplastics in the Marine Isopod Idotea emarginata

(2014) Julia Hämer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Synergistic effects of pretreatment and blending on fungi mediated biodegradation of polypropylenes

(2013) D. Jeyakumar et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Life in the “Plastisphere”: Microbial Communities on Plastic Marine Debris

(2013) Erik R. Zettler et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Study of microbes having potentiality for biodegradation of plastics

(2013) Swapan Kumar Ghosh et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Transformation of cefazolin during chlorination process: Products, mechanism and genotoxicity assessment

(2013) Liping Li et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Policy: Classify plastic waste as hazardous

(2013) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   NATURE

Novel Extracellular PHB Depolymerase from Streptomyces ascomycinicus: PHB Copolymers Degradation in Acidic Conditions

(2013) Javier García-Hidalgo et al.   PLoS One

Polyester hydrolytic and synthetic activity catalyzed by the medium-chain-length poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) depolymerase from Streptomyces venezuelae SO1

(2012) Marta Santos et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Microplastics in the Marine Environment: A Review of the Methods Used for Identification and Quantification

(2012) Valeria Hidalgo-Ruz et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Hydrolytic and enzymatic degradation of a poly(ε-caprolactone) network

(2012) I. Castilla-Cortázar et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

The applicability of reflectance micro-Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy for the detection of synthetic microplastics in marine sediments

(2012) Jesse P. Harrison et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Biodegradation of poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) by a new Penicillium oxalicum strain DSYD05-1

(2012) Fan Li et al.   WORLD JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY

Evolutionary engineering of Phaffia rhodozyma for astaxanthin-overproducing strain

(2012) Jixian Gong et al.   Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering

New perspectives in plastic biodegradation

(2011) Alex Sivan   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: A review

(2011) Matthew Cole et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in the marine environment

(2011) Anthony L. Andrady   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Phyllosphere yeasts rapidly break down biodegradable plastics

(2011) Hiroko K Kitamoto et al.   AMB Express

Optimization of papain treatment for improving the hydrophilicity of polyester fabrics

(2010) Hye Rim Kim et al.   FIBERS AND POLYMERS

Effect of Biostimulation and Bioaugmentation on Degradation of Polyurethane Buried in Soil

(2009) L. Cosgrove et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The Advantages of Nanoparticles for PET

(2009) M. J. Welch et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE

Synthetic polymers in the marine environment: A rapidly increasing, long-term threat

(2008) Charles James Moore   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH