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American Society for Microbiology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 19(85), 2019

DOI: 10.1128/aem.01095-19

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Plastics: Environmental and Biotechnological Perspectives on Microbial Degradation

Journal article published in 2019 by Dominik Danso ORCID, Jennifer Chow ORCID, Wolfgang R. Streit ORCID
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

Plastics are widely used in the global economy, and each year, at least 350 to 400 million tons are being produced. Due to poor recycling and low circular use, millions of tons accumulate annually in terrestrial or marine environments. Today it has become clear that plastic causes adverse effects in all ecosystems and that microplastics are of particular concern to our health.