Microbiological deterioration and degradation of synthetic polymeric materials: recent research advances

By J. Gu. 2003

712 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Pollution

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In Molecular Biology

1. B. Himani
2. G. Gorrasi
3. R. Vijayakumar
4. S. Kale
5. T. Gu
6. V. Patil
7. A. G. Deshmukh
8. V. Pathak

In Organic Chemistry

1. B. Himani
2. G. Gorrasi
3. R. Vijayakumar
4. S. Kale
5. T. Gu
6. V. Patil
7. A. G. Deshmukh
8. V. Pathak

In Pollution

1. G. Gorrasi
2. B. Himani
3. Alexander Walton
4. C. Svendsen
5. R. Vijayakumar
6. S. Kale
7. T. Gu
8. V. Patil

Citations in the corpus

• Hydrolysis and Biodegradation of Poly(lactic acid) (2017, background): “PLA with high molecular weight is colonized by relatively few microorganisms [130-132].”
• MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF PLASTIC: A REVIEW (2015, positive): “Environmental parameters such as humidity, temperature, pH, salinity, the presence or absence of oxygen, sunlight, water, stress and culture conditions not only affect the polymer degradation, but also have a crucial influence on the microbial population and enzyme activity (Gu 2003).”
• Communities of Microbial Enzymes Associated with Biodegradation of Plastics (2013, background): “microbial growth after exposure to biological or enzymatic environment, but mostly by CO2 evolution [12, 15, 20, 22].”
• Polymer Biodegradation and Biodegradable Polymers - a Review (2010, neutral): “Schema of polymer degradation under aerobic and anaerobic conditions [87].”