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: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: plastic pollution; pristine fellfield soil; polypropylene; Pseudomonas sp.; Rhodococcus sp; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Bushnell; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12112616

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...