[HTML][HTML] Microbial degradation of microplastics by enzymatic processes: a review

AR Othman, HA Hasan, MH Muhamad, NI Ismail… - Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
Microplastics contamination is becoming a major concern worldwide. More than 1 million
seabirds and 100,000 sea animals have died due to plastic contamination. In addition …

[HTML][HTML] Discovering untapped microbial communities through metagenomics for microplastic remediation: recent advances, challenges, and way forward

AK Wani, N Akhtar, N Naqash, F Rahayu… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Microplastics (MPs) are ubiquitous pollutants persisting almost everywhere in the
environment. With the increase in anthropogenic activities, MP accumulation is increasing …

[HTML][HTML] Review on inactivation of airborne viruses using non-thermal plasma technologies: From MS2 to coronavirus

I Assadi, A Guesmi, O Baaloudj, H Zeghioud… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Although several non-thermal plasmas (NTPs) technologies have been widely investigated
in air treatment, very few studies have focused on the inactivation mechanism of viruses by …

[HTML][HTML] A review on microplastic pollution in the mangrove wetlands and microbial strategies for its remediation

SP Meera, M Bhattacharyya, A Nizam… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Mangroves are one of the most productive ecosystems in the world harboring huge
biological diversity. The prime ecological roles of mangroves are prevention of coastal …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolic engineering of Yarrowia lipolytica for poly (ethylene terephthalate) degradation

KE Kosiorowska, P Biniarz, A Dobrowolski… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is the most widely used plastic, whose global production
scale causes serious problems due to it being highly non-biodegradable. The present work …

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
The polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is one of the major plastics with a huge annual
production. Alongside with its mass production and wide applications, PET pollution is …

Antarctic polyester hydrolases degrade aliphatic and aromatic polyesters at moderate temperatures

P Blázquez-Sánchez, F Engelberger… - Applied and …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is one of the most widely used synthetic plastics in the
packaging industry, and consequently has become one of the main components of plastic …

[HTML][HTML] Biotechnological applications of marine bacteria in bioremediation of environments polluted with hydrocarbons and plastics

LF Muriel-Millán, S Millán-López… - Applied Microbiology and …, 2021 - Springer
Marine ecosystems are some of the most adverse environments on Earth and contain a
considerable portion of the global bacterial population, and some of these bacterial species …

The mobility of the cap domain is essential for the substrate promiscuity of a family IV esterase from sorghum rhizosphere microbiome

M Distaso, I Cea-Rama, C Coscolín… - Applied and …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Metagenomics offers the possibility to screen for versatile biocatalysts. In this study, the
microbial community of the Sorghum bicolor rhizosphere was spiked with technical cashew …

Organic-solvent-tolerant carboxylic ester hydrolases for organic synthesis

A Bollinger, R Molitor, S Thies, R Koch… - Applied and …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Biocatalysis has emerged as an important tool in synthetic organic chemistry enabling the
chemical industry to execute reactions with high regio-or enantioselectivity and under …