Searching for new plastic-degrading enzymes from the plastisphere of alpine soils using a metagenomic mining approach.
Plastic materials, including microplastics, accumulate in all types of ecosystems, even in remote and cold environments such as the European Alps. This pollution poses a risk for the environment and humans and needs to be addressed. Using shotgun DNA metagenomics of soils collected in the eastern Sw...
Main Authors: | Beat Frey, Margherita Aiesi, Basil M Rast, Joel Rüthi, Jérôme Julmi, Beat Stierli, Weihong Qi, Ivano Brunner |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2024-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0300503&type=printable |
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