Evidence of polyethylene biodegradation by bacterial strains from the guts of plastic-eating waxworms

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 13776-13784

  Yang, Jun ^a   Yang, Yu ^a   Wu, Wei Min ^b   Zhao, Jiao ^c   Jiang, Lei ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c BGI SHENZHEN   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIODEGRADATION; POLYETHYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIAL CULTURES; BACTERIAL STRAINS; CARBONYL GROUPS; DAUGHTER PRODUCTS; DEGRADING BACTERIA; INCUBATION PERIODS; SUSPENSION CULTURES; TOTAL REFLECTANCE;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; DNA 16S; GENOMIC DNA; POLYETHYLENE; POLLUTANT; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; CATERPILLAR; ETHYLENE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOTH; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL VIABILITY; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER ASBURIAE; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTESTINE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SUSPENSION CELL CULTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ANIMAL; BIOFILM; BIOREMEDIATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT;

INDIA;

BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER ASBURIAE; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; ENTEROBACTER; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LARVA; MOTHS; POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 84918587883     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es504038a     Document Type: Article

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