Microbial strategies for effective microplastics biodegradation: insights and innovations in environmental remediation

Q Song, Y Zhang, C Ju, T Zhao, Q Meng, J Cong - Environmental Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs), diminutive yet ubiquitous fragments arising from the degradation of
plastic waste, pervade environmental matrices, posing substantial risks to ecological …

[HTML][HTML] Microplastics in terrestrial ecosystem: Exploring the menace to the soil-plant-microbe interactions

Y Zhai, J Bai, P Chang, Z Liu, Y Wang, G Liu… - TrAC Trends in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs), miniscule plastic particles measuring less than 5 mm in size, have
become a concern in terrestrial ecosystems, with primarily agricultural and wetland soils …

Continuous generation and release of microplastics and nanoplastics from polystyrene by plastic-degrading marine bacteria

S Lv, K Cui, S Zhao, Y Li, R Liu, R Hu, B Zhi… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Plastic waste released into the environments breaks down into microplastics due to
weathering, ultraviolet (UV) radiation, mechanical abrasion, and animal grazing. However …

Optimization of microplastic removal based on the complementarity of constructed wetland and microalgal-based system

S Ding, X Gu, S Sun, S He - Science of the Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
As one of the emblematic emerging contaminants, microplastics (MPs) have aroused great
public concern. Nevertheless, the global community still insufficiently acknowledges the …

Improving efficiency of bacterial degradation of polyethylene microplastics using atmospheric and room temperature plasma mutagenesis

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NML Nohara, MC Ariza-Tarazona, ER Triboni… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastics composed of different polymers with various shapes, within a vast
granulometric distribution (1 μm-5 mm) and with a wide variety of physicochemical surface …

Insight into the removal of nanoplastics and microplastics by physical, chemical, and biological techniques

PC Ojha, SS Satpathy, R Ojha, J Dash… - Environmental Monitoring …, 2024 - Springer
Plastic pollutants create health crises like physical damage to tissues, upset reproductive
processes, altered behaviour, oxidative stress, neurological disorders, DNA damage, gene …

Biodegradation of Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Using Klebsiella aerogenes EM011 Isolated from Effective Microorganisms

A Maidarjav, I Nyamjav, HR Kim, DE Suh… - Journal of Polymers and …, 2024 - Springer
The amount of global plastic waste on land or in marine environments is a critical
environmental issue. Plastic biodegradation by microorganisms, insect larvae, and enzymes …

Mechanistic study on the increase of Microcystin-LR synthesis and release in Microcystis aeruginosa by amino-modified nano-plastics

J Huang, P Gu, X Cao, H Miao, Z Wang - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Ecological risk of micro/nano-plastics (MPs/NPs) has become an important environmental
issue. Microcystin-leucine-arginine (MC-LR) produced by Microcystis aeruginosa (M …