Every year, 400 million tons of plastic products are produced worldwide, half of which are single-use items discarded within a year. In particular, non-biodegradable plastic waste, which takes over ...

A disposal unit that utilizes microorganisms to decompose animal carcasses is being used in a town in Hokkaido, northern ...

Figure 1: Part of a proposed reductive pathway for the anaerobic degradation of naphthalene, 2-methylnaphthalene and tetralin by sulphate-reducing bacteria 23. Biodegradation in oil reservoirs ...

Biodegradation of oil leads to a systematic decrease in paraffin content and an increase in oil density, sulphur content, acidity and viscosity 2, with negative economic consequences for oil ...

Growing concern about plastic waste management and the need to reduce dependence on fossil fuels has driven the development ...

To date, several different microorganisms have been found to participate in the biodegradation of various synthetic plastic materials following their isolation from the soil of plastic-dumping sites, ...

Biodegradation is an important natural process during oil spill cleanup. A new study revealed that using spill treating agents does not negatively impact naturally occurring biodegradation. Using ...

Humans are consuming natural resources at a rate much higher than that at which nature can regenerate or replenished. We all know that we depend on the nature to meet our energy need. With advancement ...

The marine environment is quite different from the land ecosystem in terms of temperature, oxygen concentration and light intensity, among other factors. Biodegradation of plastic waste on land can ...

A study published by the Society for Applied Microbiology in their journal Environmental Microbiology Reports has outlined how the main constituents of plastics can be degraded by anaerobic and ...

Modern agriculture uses a lot of plastic, especially in the form of mulch film that farmers use to cover field soils. This keeps the soils moist for crops, suppresses weeds and promotes crop growth.

The association of organic molecules with mineral surfaces is a major mechanism to stabilize soil organic matter against biodegradation. We performed microbial incubation experiments to quantify the ...