Biodegradation and Mineralization of Polystyrene by Plastic-Eating Mealworms: Part 2. Role of Gut Microorganisms

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 12087-12093

  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; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; FEEDING; MICROBIOLOGY; MINERALOGY; POLYSTYRENES;

BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAINS; DAUGHTER PRODUCTS; EXIGUOBACTERIUM SP; FILM SURFACES; INCUBATION PERIODS; SUSPENSION CULTURES; TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

BACTERIA;

AMPICILLIN; CARBON 13; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; POLYSTYRENE; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; PLASTIC; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTICS; BEETLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LARVA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM; MINERALIZATION; PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; BIOMINERALIZATION; CHEMICAL BOND; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; EXIGUOBACTERIUM; FECES MICROFLORA; HYDROPHOBICITY; INCUBATION TIME; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SUSPENSION CELL CULTURE; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; ANIMAL; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; EATING; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TENEBRIO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EXIGUOBACTERIUM SP.; TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; EATING; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GENTAMICINS; LARVA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLASTICS; POLYSTYRENES; TENEBRIO;

EID: 84945291848     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b02663     Document Type: Article

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