Current progress on plastic/microplastic degradation: Fact influences and mechanism

Z Lin, T Jin, T Zou, L Xu, B Xi, D Xu, J He, L Xiong… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Plastic pollution, particularly non-degradable residual plastic films and microplastics (MPs),
is a serious environmental problem that continues to worsen each year. Numerous studies …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial lipases and their industrial applications: a comprehensive review

P Chandra, Enespa, R Singh, PK Arora - Microbial cell factories, 2020 - Springer
Lipases are very versatile enzymes, and produced the attention of the several industrial
processes. Lipase can be achieved from several sources, animal, vegetable, and …

[HTML][HTML] Critical review of biodegradable and bioactive polymer composites for bone tissue engineering and drug delivery applications

S Sharma, P Sudhakara, J Singh, RA Ilyas… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the determination of the bioavailability of drugs administered orally, the drugs' solubility
and permeability play a crucial role. For absorption of drug molecules and production of a …

Phylogenetic distribution of plastic-degrading microorganisms

V Gambarini, O Pantos, JM Kingsbury, L Weaver… - Msystems, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
The number of plastic-degrading microorganisms reported is rapidly increasing, making it
possible to explore the conservation and distribution of presumed plastic-degrading traits …

[HTML][HTML] Ten decadal advances in fungal biology leading towards human well-being

A Mapook, KD Hyde, K Hassan, BM Kemkuignou… - Fungal Diversity, 2022 - Springer
Fungi are an understudied resource possessing huge potential for developing products that
can greatly improve human well-being. In the current paper, we highlight some important …

Recent advances in plastic degradation–From microbial consortia-based methods to data sciences and computational biology driven approaches

S Skariyachan, N Taskeen, AP Kishore… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
The conventional methods of plastic waste management such as mechanical and chemical
recycling, landfill complemented by incineration and pyrosis have limited scope. Thus …

Recent advances in electrospun polycaprolactone based scaffolds for wound healing and skin bioengineering applications

B Joseph, R Augustine, N Kalarikkal, S Thomas… - Materials Today …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Electrospun poly (ƹ-caprolactone)(PCL) scaffolds incorporated with bioactive
materials play a key role in tissue engineering applications due to their extra cellular matrix …

Can polymer-degrading microorganisms solve the bottleneck of plastics' environmental challenges?

N Delangiz, S Aliyar, N Pashapoor, K Nobaharan… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Increasing world population and industrial activities have enhanced anthropogenic
pollution, plastic pollution being especially alarming. So, plastics should be recycled and/or …

Insights into polyester plastic biodegradation by carboxyl ester hydrolases

A Gricajeva, AK Nadda… - Journal of Chemical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental pollution caused by polyesters has become a major ecological safety
concern that needs to be managed urgently. One way to resolve this problem is giving the …

Enzymatic hydrolysis of polyester: Degradation of poly (ε-caprolactone) by Candida antarctica lipase and Fusarium solani cutinase

K Shi, J Jing, L Song, T Su, Z Wang - International Journal of Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Poly (ε-caprolactone)(PCL) particles were melt-pressed into films using a hot press
and then subjected to degradation by lipase from Candida antarctica and cutinase from …