Microbial degradation and valorization of plastic wastes

J Ru, Y Huo, Y Yang - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
… as the microbial metabolic pathways of the plastic depolymerization products and the current
attempts toward utilization of these products as feedstocks for microbial valorization. Based …

Microbial degradation and valorization of poly (ethylene terephthalate)(PET) monomers

R Gao, H Pan, L Kai, K Han, J Lian - World Journal of Microbiology and …, 2022 - Springer
… While PET hydrolases have been extensively reviewed, this review focuses on the microbes
and metabolic pathways for the degradation of PET monomers. In addition, recent advances …

Marine environmental plastic pollution: mitigation by microorganism degradation and recycling valorization

J Oliveira, A Belchior, VD da Silva, A Rotter… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
… of the degradation, biodegradation, and recycling valorization of … production, and degradation
mediated by microorganisms, … Polyethylene can be classified in low-density polyethylene (…

Inspired by nature: Microbial production, degradation and valorization of biodegradable bioplastics for life-cycle-engineered products

O García-Depraect, S Bordel, R Lebrero… - Biotechnology …, 2021 - Elsevier
… This review aims at providing a comprehensive state-of-the-art overview of microbial-based …
key factors and mechanisms governing microbial degradation are systematically presented. …

Biotechnology of plastic waste degradation, recycling, and valorization: current advances and future perspectives

ZH Qin, JH Mou, CYH Chao, SS Chopra… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… of microbial degradation of plastic wastes, one cannot scientifically state that microbes can
… of plastic waste, most current studies target polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Research …

Microbial valorization of lignin: prospects and challenges

R Reshmy, PA Balakumaran, K Divakar, E Philip… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
valorization utilizing bacteria, such as lignin decomposing microbes and major pathways
involved that can breakdown … furfural, vanillin, polyhydroxybutyrate, poly lactic acid blends were …

Progressing plastics circularity: A review of mechano-biocatalytic approaches for waste plastic (re) valorization

E Nikolaivits, B Pantelic, M Azeem… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
… While biotechnological based degradation and … standalone enzymatic and microbial
degradation studies have been … from biomedical application field such as polyethylene glycol …

Polyethylene valorization by combined chemical catalysis with bioconversion by plastic-enriched microbial consortia

GJ Gregory, C Wang, S Sadula, S Koval… - ACS Sustainable …, 2023 - ACS Publications
… However, microbes can utilize polyolefin deconstruction products, including n-alkanes.
Here, we combined chemical catalysis with bioconversion to valorize polyethylene (PE) …

Biotechnological plastic degradation and valorization using systems metabolic engineering

GH Lee, DW Kim, YH Jin, SM Kim, ES Lim… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
… The level of difficulty in microbial degradation of PES-PU and PE-PU varies depending on
the chemical structures of these plastics. In contrast to PES-PU, the ether groups in the carbon …

Microbial degradation of synthetic biopolymers waste

V Siracusa - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
… Consequently, the microbial biodegradation process can change from place to place, from
season to season. The degradation process studied under composting condition is easier to …