BIOENGINEER

Marine Vibrio strain strips weight from LDPE plastic in lab test

A Vibrio parahaemolyticus strain isolated from the Adriatic Sea formed biofilms on low-density polyethylene strips and caused ...
BIOENGINEER

Embedded enzymes accelerate polyester degradation in the deep sea

Enzyme-embedded compostable polyesters degraded faster than enzyme-free controls in coastal and deep-sea tests, with near-complete breakdown within five months at 757 metres.
US Geological Survey

Volatile Organic Compound and Other Analyses Associated with Laboratory Microcosm Experiments to Determine Biodegradation Rates in Fractured Sedimentary Rock at the Former ...

Microcosm experiments were conducted with microbial community samples and groundwater collected from boreholes in the field test area to define anaerobic biodegradation rates of TCE and ...
US Geological Survey

Organic intermediates in the anaerobic biodegradation of coal to methane under laboratory conditions

Authors William H. Orem, Mary A. Voytek, Elizabeth J. Jones, Harry E. Lerch, Anne L. Bates, M.D. Corum, Peter D. Warwick, Arthur C. Clark ...
The Conversation

Additives to make plastic biodegradable don’t cut it

One of the common concerns about plastic packaging is that it is generally non-biodegradable and will persist in the environment for extremely long periods of time once thrown away. In the Pacific ...