Native soil fungi associated with compostable plastics in three contrasting agricultural settings

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 98, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 6467-6485

  Moore Kucera, Jennifer ^a   Cox, Stephen B ^b   Peyron, Mark ^c   Bailes, Graham ^c   Kinloch, Kevin ^c   Karich, Kalin ^c   Miles, Carol ^d   Inglis, Debra Ann ^d   Brodhagen, Marion ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Research and Testing Laboratory   (United States)

^c WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradable mulch; Biodegradable plastic; Biodegradable polymers; Compostable mulch; Compostable plastic; Compostable polymers; Plastic degrading fungi

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ELASTOMERS; FUNGI; INCINERATION; MICROORGANISMS; PLASTICS; SOIL MOISTURE;

AGRICULTURAL SETTING; BIODEGRADABLE MULCH; BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS; COMPOSTABLE MULCH; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; MULCH TREATMENT; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS;

BIODEGRADABLE PLASTIC; RIBOSOME DNA;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIODEGRADATION; CELLULOSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPOST; DNA; FUNGUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MULCH; PHYLOGENETICS; PLASTIC; POLYMER; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIODEGRADATION; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GROWING SEASON; MULCH; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; SOIL; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL MICROFLORA; TOMATO; AGRICULTURE; BIOTA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROCEDURES;

ASPERGILLUS; FUNGI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PENICILLIUM; TRICHOCOMACEAE;

AGRICULTURE; BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS; BIOTA; FUNGI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84903640143     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-5711-x     Document Type: Article

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