Colonization and biodegradation of photo-oxidized low-density polyethylene (LDPE) by new strains of Aspergillus sp. and Lysinibacillus sp.

Bioremediation Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 213-226

  Esmaeili, Atefeh ^a   Pourbabaee, Ahmad Ali ^a   Alikhani, Hossein Ali ^a   Shabani, Farzin ^b   Kumar, Lalit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Bacillus; biodegradation; isolation; polyethylene

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; BACILLI; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CARBON; ETHYLENE; LAND FILL; LIQUIDS; MIXTURES; OXIDANTS; POLYETHYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BACTERIAL ISOLATES; BIODEGRADATION PROCESS; ETHYLENE OLIGOMERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; ISOLATION; MUNICIPAL LANDFILLS; PRO-OXIDANT ADDITIVES; SOLE SOURCE OF CARBON;

BIODEGRADATION;

EID: 84905903307     PISSN: 10889868     EISSN: 15476529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10889868.2014.917269     Document Type: Article

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