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Environmental biodegradability of recombinant structural protein [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2021
AbstractNext generation polymers needs to be produced from renewable sources and to be converted into inorganic compounds in the natural environment at the end of life. Recombinant structural protein is a promising alternative to conventional engineering plastics due to its good thermal and mechanical properties, its production from biomass, and its ...
Yuya Tachibana, Sunita Darbe, Senri Hayashi, Alina Kudasheva, Haruna Misawa, Yuka Shibata, Ken-ichi Kasuya   +6 more
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Bridging Three Gaps in Biodegradable Plastics: Misconceptions and Truths About Biodegradation

Frontiers in Chemistry, 2021
In the wake of plastic pollution increasing around the world, biodegradable plastics are one of the fastest-growing segments within the global plastics market. The biodegradation of these plastics depends on diverse factors including, but not limited to,
Shinhyeong Choe, Yujin Kim, Yejin Won, Jaewook Myung   +3 more
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Effect of the type of amino acid on the biodegradation of ibuprofen derivatives [PDF]

Archives of Environmental Protection, 2023
Water pollution caused by anthropogenic activity is a huge environmental problem. Huge amounts of consumed medicinal substances cause them to get into the environment.
Paula Elżbieta Ossowicz-Rupniewska, Edyta Kucharska, Joanna Klebeko, Ewelina Kopciuch, Karolina Bilska, Ewa Janus   +5 more
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2,2-Bis(4-Hydroxyphenyl)-1-Propanol—A Persistent Product of Bisphenol A Bio-Oxidation in Fortified Environmental Water, as Identified by HPLC/UV/ESI-MS

Toxics, 2021
Biodegradation of bisphenol A in the environmental waters (lake, river, and sea) has been studied on the base of fortification of the samples taken and the biodegradation products have been analyzed using HPLC/UV/ESI-MS.
Małgorzata Drzewiecka, Monika Beszterda, Magdalena Frańska, Rafał Frański   +3 more
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Recent advances and trends of trichloroethylene biodegradation: A critical review

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a ubiquitous chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbon (CAH) in the environment, which is a Group 1 carcinogen with negative impacts on human health and ecosystems.
Zhineng Wu, Quanli Man, Hanyu Niu, Honghong Lyu, Haokun Song, Rongji Li, Gengbo Ren, Fujie Zhu, Chu Peng, Benhang Li, Xiaodong Ma   +10 more
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First Report on the Bioremediation of Textile Industrial Effluents by Piptoporus Betulinus IEBL-3 by Using Response Surface Methodology

Applied Sciences, 2022
The current study was performed to optimize three different industrial textile effluent biodegradation potentials of a brown rot fungus, Piptoporus betulinus IEBL-3, to reduce environmental pollution.
Raja Tahir Mahmood, Muhammad Javaid Asad, Muhammad Asgher, Falak Sher Khan, Khursheed Muzammil, Nazim Nasir, Pervez Anwar, Muhammad Awais   +7 more
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Evaluation of crude oil biodegradation using mixed fungal cultures.

PLoS ONE, 2021
The use of potent fungal mixed cultures is a promising technique for the biodegradation of crude oil. Four isolates of fungi, namely, Alternaria alternata (AA-1), Aspergillus flavus (AF-3), Aspergillus terreus (AT-7), and Trichoderma harzianum (TH-5 ...
Abeer R M Abd El-Aziz, Monira R Al-Othman, Sameh M Hisham, Shereen M Shehata   +3 more
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Properties, environmental fate and biodegradation of carbazole [PDF]

3 Biotech, 2017
Abstract The last two decades had witnessed extensive investigation on bacterial degradation of carbazole, an N-heterocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon. Specifically, previous studies have reported the primary importance of angular dioxygenation, a novel type of oxygenation reaction, which facilitates mineralization of carbazole to intermediates of
Lateef B, Salam, Mathew O, Ilori, Olukayode O, Amund   +2 more
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Plastic Biodegradation through Insects and their Symbionts Microbes: A Review

Journal of Bioresource Management, 2021
Plastic waste has recently been identified as one of the most serious environmental issues, affecting all life forms, natural habitats, and the economy, and is one of the most serious global environmental problems, second only to climate change ...
Huda Bilal, Hasnain Raza, Haseena Bibi, Tehmina Bibi   +3 more
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Living and Regenerative Material Encapsulating Self-Assembled Shewanella oneidensis-CdS Hybrids for Photocatalytic Biodegradation of Organic Dyes

Microorganisms, 2022
Reductive biodegradation by microorganisms has been widely explored for detoxifying recalcitrant contaminants; however, the biodegradation capacity of microbes is limited by the energy level of the released electrons.
Mingyue Tao, Chenyang Jin, Hongfei Lu, Kai Jin, Lin Yu, Jinliang Liu, Jing Zhang, Xiaohui Zhu, Yihan Wu   +8 more
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