Biodegradation and Mineralization of Polystyrene by Plastic-Eating Mealworms: Part 1. Chemical and Physical Characterization and Isotopic Tests

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 12080-12086

  Yang, Yu ^a   Yang, Jun ^a   Wu, Wei Min ^b   Zhao, Jiao ^c   Song, Yiling ^a   Gao, Longcheng ^a   Yang, Ruifu ^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

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYSTYRENES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

CROSS-POLARIZATION/MAGIC ANGLE SPINNINGS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA REDS; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY (GPC); PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PLASTIC WASTES; RETENTION TIME; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; THERMO-GRAVIMETRIC;

BIODEGRADATION;

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; PETROLEUM; PLASTIC; POLYSTYRENE; CARBON; LIPID; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE;

BEETLE; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LARVA; METABOLITE; MINERALIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PLASTIC; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; DEPOLYMERIZATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOTOPE LABELING; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MINERALIZATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SOLID STATE; SURFACE AREA; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WASTE; ANIMAL; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; EATING; LARVA; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; TENEBRIO;

TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; EATING; LARVA; LIPIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLASTICS; POLYSTYRENES; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TENEBRIO; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

EID: 84945288062     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b02661     Document Type: Article

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