Micro (nano) plastics in wastewater: A critical review on toxicity risk assessment, behaviour, environmental impact and challenges

S Singh, TSSK Naik, AG Anil, J Dhiman, V Kumar… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
With millions of tonnes of plastic pollution generated every year, small-sized plastic particles,
including micro-and nanoplastics, end up in freshwater systems. Due to the very small size …

[PDF][PDF] Microbes mediated plastic degradation: A sustainable approach for environmental sustainability

H Kour, SS Khan, D Kour, S Rasool… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - researchgate.net
In a little over a century, plastic has gone from being addressed as a scientific marvel to
being reviled as an ecological scourge. Development and modernization have brought …

A metagenomic catalog for exploring the plastizymes landscape covering taxa, genes, and proteins

DA Jahanshahi, S Ariaeenejad, K Kavousi - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
There are significant environmental and health concerns associated with the current
inefficient plastic recycling process. This study presents the first integrated reference catalog …

Transcriptome-guided insights into plastic degradation by the marine bacterium

A Kumari, N Bano, SK Bag, DR Chaudhary… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is a common single-use plastic that accumulated in the
environment because of its non-degradable characteristics. In recent years, microbes from …

聚乙烯废弃塑料生物解聚与高值化转化.

刘先睿, 赵怡琳, 苏海佳 - Chinese Journal of Bioprocess …, 2022 - search.ebscohost.com
聚乙烯废弃塑料在环境中日益积累不仅导致视觉污染, 也形成潜在的生态污染问题,
开发回收和高值化转化聚乙烯废弃塑料的新方法是大势所趋. 近年来, 废弃塑料生物处理技术因 …

Microbial Diversity of Beached Nurdles in the Northwest Gulf of Mexico

CA O'Donnell - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Nurdles are the raw material in the manufacture of plastic products. They are mass produced
and transported worldwide, but accidental and negligent spills pollute marine environments …