Microbial degradation of low density polyethylene (LDPE): A review

By S. Sen, S. Raut. 2015

385 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Biomaterials, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution

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In Biomaterials

1. Ren Wei
2. D. Levin
3. V. Pathak
4. Navneet
5. Parveen Sharma
6. Z. Montazer
7. N. Mohanan
8. W. Zimmermann

In Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

1. Ren Wei
2. V. Pathak
3. Navneet
4. Z. Montazer
5. W. Zimmermann

In Pollution

1. Ren Wei
2. D. Levin
3. V. Pathak
4. Navneet
5. Parveen Sharma
6. Z. Montazer
7. N. Mohanan
8. W. Zimmermann

Citations in the corpus

• Review on the current status of polymer degradation: a microbial approach (2017, background): “Petroleum-based polymers such as polyolefins are degraded through photo-degradation (Kumar et al. 2011; Sen and Raut 2015).”
• The “Plastisphere” of Biodegradable Plastics Is Characterized by Specific Microbial Taxa of Alpine and Arctic Soils (2020, background): “Other researchers reported that various isolated strains, including Rhodococcus spp., Streptomyces spp. and Nocardia, were associated with the biodegradation of PE (Kumar Sen and Raut, 2015; Pathak and Navneet, 2017).”
• Microbial Degradation of UV-Pretreated Low-Density Polyethylene Films by Novel Polyethylene-Degrading Bacteria Isolated from Plastic-Dump Soil (2018, neutral): “Some microorganisms have been shown to produce enzymes capable of polyethylene plastic degradation, including molds such as Aspergillus and Fuzarium [14], yeast such as Cryptocucus [15, 16], and bacteria in the genera Pseudomonas and Bacilius [8, 17].”
• Microbial and Enzymatic Degradation of Synthetic Plastics (2020, background): “Though several groups have reported on biodeterioration and biofragmentation (Albertsson and Karlsson, 1990; Ammala et al., 2011), studies on bioassimilation and complete mineralization of PE are very limited (Yang et al., 2014; Sen and Raut, 2016; Montazer et al., 2019).”
• Microbial enzymes for the recycling of recalcitrant petroleum‐based plastics: how far are we? (2017, background): “Microbial Biotechnology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd and Society for Applied Microbiology., Microbial Biotechnology, 10, 1308–1322 Fl orez et al., 2014; Sen and Raut, 2015).”
• Microbial Colonization and Degradation of Microplastics in Aquatic Ecosystem: A Review (2021, background): “The use of microorganisms to degrade microplastics would improve degradation potential while causing no harm to the environment (Das et al. 2014; Sen and Raut 2015; Wright et al. 2020).”
• Microplastics Generation: Onset of Fragmentation of Polyethylene Films in Marine Environment Mesocosms (2017, background): “This measure has been proven effective during its effect in member states such as Ireland, France, Portugal, and Spain (Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council Amending Directive, 2013; Martinho et al., 2017).”