Biodegradation of Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE) by Mixed Culture of Lysinibacillus xylanilyticus and Aspergillus niger in Soil

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Esmaeili, Atefeh ^a   Pourbabaee, Ahmad Ali ^a   Alikhani, Hossein Ali ^a   Shabani, Farzin ^b   Esmaeili, Ensieh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c Department of the Environment ^*  (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE EVOLUTION; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRAN; LANDFILL; LYSINIBACILLUS XYLANILYTICUS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; MINERALIZATION; MIXED CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL INOCULATION; SOIL MICROFLORA; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLACEAE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; CARBON MONOXIDE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYETHYLENE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84884574919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071720     Document Type: Article

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