Biodegradation of synthetic polymers

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Polyester Polyurethane

• S Khan, S Nadir, ZU Shah, AA Shah, SC Karunarathna, J Xu, A Khan, S Munir and F Hasan, Biodegradation of Polyester Polyurethane by Aspergillus Tubingensis, Environmental Pollution, Jume 2017, 225, 469-480.
• J Álvarez-Barragán, L Domínguez-Malfavón, M Vargas-Suárez, R González-Hernández, G Aguilar-Osorio and H Loza-Tavera, Biodegradative activities of selected environmental fungi on a polyester polyurethane varnish and polyether polyurethane foams, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 15 August 2016, 82(17), 5225-5235.
• SR Barratt, AR Ennos, M Greenhalgh, GD Robson and PS Handley, Fungi are the predominant micro-organisms responsible for degradation of soil-buried polyester polyurethane over a range of soil water holding capacities, Journal of Applied Microbiology, 2003, 95(1), 78-85.
• G Mathur and R Prasad, Degradation of polyurethane by Aspergillus Flavus (ITCC 6051) isolated from soil, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, July 2012, 167(6), 1595-1602.
• L Cosgrove, PL McGeechan, GD Robson and PS Handley, Fungal communities associated with degradation of polyester polyurethane in soil, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2007, 73(18), 5817-5824.
• T Nakajima-Kambe, Y Shigeno-Akutsu, N Nomura, F Onuma and T Nakahara, Microbial degradation of polyurethane, polyester polyurethanes and polyether polyurethanes, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, February 1999, 51(2), 134-140.

Polyethylene

• J Yang, Y Yang, W-M Wu, J Zhao and L Jiang, Evidence of polyethylene biodegradation by bacterial strains from the guts of plastic-eating waxworms, Environmental Science and Technology, 2014, 48(23), 13776–13784.