A modelling implementation of climate change on biodegradation of Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE) by Aspergillus niger in soil

Global Ecology and Conservation

Volumn 4, Issue , 2015, Pages 388-398

  Shabani, Farzin ^a   Kumar, Lalit ^a   Esmaeili, Atefeh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Climate change; CLIMEX; Microbial degradation; Polyethylene

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940754807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23519894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2015.08.003     Document Type: Article

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