Fungal communities associated with the biodegradation of polyester polyurethane buried under compost at different temperatures

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 7313-7324

  Zafar, Urooj ^a   Houlden, Ashley ^a   Robson, Geoffrey D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING PROCESS; ECONOMICALLY VIABLE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; LANDFILL DISPOSAL; MICROBIAL BIODEGRADATION; PLASTIC PRODUCTION; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS;

BIODEGRADATION; FUNGI; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYURETHANES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE TREATMENT;

COMPOSTING;

BIODEGRADATION; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPOST; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOMINANCE; ESTER; FUNGUS; MATURATION; PLASTIC WASTE; POLYMER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EUROPE;

FUNGAL DNA; POLYURETHAN;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

BIODIVERSITY; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYURETHANES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84888273395     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02536-13     Document Type: Article

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