Background: Plastics have conveyed great benefits to humanity and made possible some of
the most significant advances of modern civilization in fields as diverse as medicine …

Polyethylene microplastics have been detected in farmland soil, irrigation water, and soil
organisms in agroecosystems, while plastic mulching is suggested as a crucial source of …

Plastic production has increased dramatically, leading to accumulated plastic waste in the
ocean. Marine plastics can be broken down into microplastics (< 5 mm) by sunlight …

Polyethylene (PE) is a widely used plastic known for its resistance to biodegradation, posing
a significant environmental challenge. Recent advances have shed light on microorganisms …

Background The widespread nature of plastic pollution has given rise to wide scientific and
social concern regarding the capacity of these materials to serve as vectors for pathogenic …

Abstract Low-density polyethylene (LDPE), which accounts for 20% of the global plastic
production, is discharged in great quantities into the ocean, threatening marine life and …

This study focused on the biodegradation of LDPE films using a novel isolate of Bacillus
obtained from soil samples collected from a 20-year-old plastic waste dump. The aim was to …

The uncontrollable disposal of plastic waste has raised the concern of the scientific
community, which tries to face this environmental burden by discovering and applying new …

For the past two decades, with the increase in plastic consumption came a rise in plastic
waste, with the bulk of it ending up in landfills, incinerated, recycled or leaking into the …

Extracellular superoxide radical (O 2•−) is ubiquitous in microbial environments and has
significant implications for pollutant transformation. Microbial extracellular O 2•− can be …