Issue 2, 2022

Nitrogen fixing bacteria facilitate microbial biodegradation of a bio-based and biodegradable plastic in soils under ambient and future climatic conditions

Abstract

We discovered a biological mechanism supporting microbial degradation of bio-based poly(butylene succinate-co-adipate) (PBSA) plastic in soils under ambient and future climates. Here, we show that nitrogen-fixing bacteria facilitate the microbial degradation of PBSA by enhancing fungal abundance, accelerating plastic-degrading enzyme activities, and shaping/interacting with plastic-degrading fungal communities.

Graphical abstract: Nitrogen fixing bacteria facilitate microbial biodegradation of a bio-based and biodegradable plastic in soils under ambient and future climatic conditions

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
11 10 2021
Accepted
10 1 2022
First published
11 1 2022

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2022,24, 233-241

Nitrogen fixing bacteria facilitate microbial biodegradation of a bio-based and biodegradable plastic in soils under ambient and future climatic conditions

B. Tanunchai, S. Kalkhof, V. Guliyev, S. F. M. Wahdan, D. Krstic, M. Schädler, A. Geissler, B. Glaser, F. Buscot, E. Blagodatskaya, M. Noll and W. Purahong, Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2022, 24, 233 DOI: 10.1039/D1EM00426C

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