The Compostable Plastic Poly(lactic) Acid Causes a Temporal Shift in Fungal Communities in Maturing Compost

Compost Science and Utilization

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 211-219

  Karamanlioglu, Mehlika ^a   Preziosi, Richard ^b   Robson, Geoffrey D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; NATURAL POLYMERS;

454-PYROSEQUENCING; COMPOSTING PROCESS; COMPOSTING SYSTEMS; HYDROLYTIC ENZYME; INITIAL PERTURBATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS; THERMOPHILIC FUNGUS;

COMPOSTING;

COMPOST; COMPOSTING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; HYDROLYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PLASTIC; POLYMER; POLYMORPHISM;

FUNGI; THERMOMYCES;

EID: 85010864915     PISSN: 1065657X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1065657X.2016.1277808     Document Type: Article

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