Biodeterioration of Untreated Polypropylene Microplastic Particles by Antarctic Bacteria

• Published in: Polymers
• Main Authors: Syahir Habib, Anastasia Iruthayam, Mohd Yunus Abd Shukor, Siti Aisyah Alias, Jerzy Smykla, Nur Adeela Yasid
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2020
• Subjects: plastic pollution; pristine fellfield soil; polypropylene; Pseudomonas sp; Rhodococcus sp; Organic chemistry; QD241-441; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Bushnell; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12112616; https://doaj.org/article/b3aa43f889bb421485739bfa55c10fa2

Microplastic pollution is globally recognised as a serious environmental threat due to its ubiquitous presence related primarily to improper dumping of plastic wastes. While most studies have focused on microplastic contamination in the marine ecosystem, microplastic pollution in the soil environmen...