Microbial degradation of bioplastic (PHBV) is limited by nutrient availability at high microplastic loadings
Environmental Science Advances 4(1): 133-146
Article 2024 English
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Michaela Reay
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Martine Graf
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Lucy M. Greenfield
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Degradation of PHBV in soil, quantified with pyrolysis GC-MS, was nutrient limited at increasing microplastic concentrations. Hydrophobicity increased while plant and soil microbial biomass decreased at higher soil microplastic concentrations.
Michaela Reay, Martine Graf, Lucy M. Greenfield, Rafael Bargiela, Charles Onyije, Charlotte Lloyd, Ian D. Bull, Richard P. Evershed, Peter N. Golyshin, David R. Chadwick, Davey L Jones
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