A new eco-friendly plastic called LAHB has shown it can biodegrade even in the extreme environment of the deep ocean, unlike ...

Researchers have demonstrated a new eco-friendly plastic that decomposes in deep ocean conditions. In a deep-sea experiment, the microbially synthesized poly(d-lactate-co-3-hydroxybutyrate) (LAHB) ...

Notably, investigations have demonstrated that the deployment of tailored microbial consortia, coupled with bioaugmentation techniques, can significantly accelerate the biodegradation process even ...

To date, several different microorganisms have been found to participate in the biodegradation of various synthetic plastic materials following their isolation from the soil of plastic-dumping ...

Phase 4. Biodegradation In the final phase, the plastic fragments are degraded completely and metabolized by microorganisms. These fragments become substrates for metabolic pathways in the microbial ...

Therefore, it is likely that solutions that leverage microbial biodegradation of plastic waste will play a significant role in mediating the impact of plastic pollution in the near future References: ...

“Microbial biodegradation of plastics is a promising strategy to depolymerize petroleum-based plastics into monomers or mineralize them into carbon dioxide and water,” the researchers said in ...

Biodegradation of poly (butylene succinate) in soil laboratory incubations assessed by stable carbon isotope labelling. Nature Communications, 2022; 13 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33064-8 ...

Environmental microbiology is focus on the structural elements and ecology of microbial communities in the biosphere. The environment here applies to the soil, water, and air. Environmental ...

Biodegradation is usually fastest in hot, wet environments where there are enough microorganisms – for example, damp leaves on the ground in a warm tropical forest.