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Biodegradation of synthetic polymers in soils: Tracking carbon into CO 2 and microbial biomass

Published:2018-07-06 Issue:7 Volume:4 Page:
ISSN:2375-2548
Container-title:Science Advances
language:en
Short-container-title:Sci. Adv.

Author:

Zumstein Michael Thomas¹,Schintlmeister Arno²³^ORCID,Nelson Taylor Frederick¹^ORCID,Baumgartner Rebekka¹,Woebken Dagmar²^ORCID,Wagner Michael²³^ORCID,Kohler Hans-Peter E.⁴,McNeill Kristopher¹,Sander Michael¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland.

2. Division of Microbial Ecology, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, Research Network “Chemistry Meets Biology”, University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria.

3. Large-Instrument Facility for Advanced Isotope Research, University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria.

4. Environmental Biochemistry Group; Environmental Microbiology, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.

Abstract

Stable isotope labeling of agricultural polyesters enables demonstration of their microbial utilization in soils.

Funder

European Research Council Advanced Grant

Joint Research Network on Advanced Materials and Systems (JONAS) of BASF SE and ETH

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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