Microbial biodegradable potato starch based low density polyethylene

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 26, 2010, Pages 4075-4080

  Borghei, Mehdi ^a   Karbassi, Abdolreza ^b   Khoramnejadian, Shahrzad ^a   Oromiehie, Abdolrasoul ^c   Javid, Amir Hossein ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c IRAN POLYMER AND PETROCHEMICAL INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biodegradable polymer; Fungi; Low density polyethylene; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE; POTATO STARCH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LANDFILL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL ORGANISM; WEIGHT CHANGE;

FUNGI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 77954837061     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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