Insights into the mechanisms involved in the fungal degradation of plastics

Fungi are considered among the most efficient microbial degraders of plastics, as they produce salient enzymes and can survive on recalcitrant compounds with limited nutrients. In recent years, studies have reported numerous species of fungi that can degrade different types of plastics, yet there re...

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Main Authors: Eyalira Jacob Okal, Gui Heng, Ephie A. Magige, Sehroon Khan, Shixi Wu, Zhiqiang Ge, Tianfu Zhang, Peter E. Mortimer, Jianchu Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-09-01
Series:Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0147651323007066