Plastic-Degrading Potential across the Global Microbiome Correlates with Recent Pollution Trends-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Plastic-Degrading Potential across the Global Microbiome Correlates with Recent Pollution Trends

Published:2021-10-26 Issue:5 Volume:12 Page:
ISSN:2150-7511
Container-title:mBio
language:en
Short-container-title:mBio

Author:

Zrimec Jan¹²^ORCID,Kokina Mariia¹³,Jonasson Sara¹,Zorrilla Francisco¹⁴,Zelezniak Aleksej¹⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden

2. Department of Biotechnology and Systems Biology, National Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia

3. Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark

4. MRC Toxicology Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom

5. Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania

Abstract

Utilization of synthetic biology approaches to enhance current plastic degradation processes is of crucial importance, as natural plastic degradation processes are very slow. For instance, the predicted lifetime of a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle under ambient conditions ranges from 16 to 48 years.

Funder

Vetenskapsrådet

Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Virology,Microbiology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/mBio.02155-21

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