The plastic crisis requires drastic measures, especially for the plastics' end-of-life. Mixed
plastic fractions are currently difficult to recycle, but microbial metabolism might open new …

Natural poly (amino acid) s are a group of poly (ionic) molecules (ionomers) with various
biological functions and putative technical applications and play, therefore, an important role …

The production of the nylon precursor ϵ-caprolactam via the Beckmann rearrangement is
one of the large industrial processes worldwide. In this work, the state-of-the-art processes …

Biodegradation of nylon oligomers Page 1 MINI-REVIEW S. Negoro Biodegradation of nylon
oligomers Received: 25 February 2000 / Received revision: 22 May 2000 / Accepted: 26 May …

Abandoned gillnets in the marine environment represent a global environmental risk due to
the ghost fishing caused by the nets. Degradation of conventional nylon gillnets was …

Research on microbial degradation of xenobiotic polymers has been underway for more
than 40 years. It has exploited a new field not only in applied microbiology but also in …

Plastics in aquatic environments are a source of dissolved organic matter (DOM). However,
its production pathways and environmental fate remain poorly understood. This study …

Almost 30% of the precious agricultural output of India is lost owing to pest infestation. In
India, pesticide consumption for protecting crops is about 3% of the total world consumption …

Plastic degradation rates in the marine environment are essential to understand. This study
demonstrates that in plastic-microbial interaction experiments, residual monomeric and …

Some bacterial cultures are capable of growth on caprolactam as sole carbon and nitrogen
source, but the enzymes of the catabolic pathway have not been described. We isolated a …