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Combatting Plastic Pollution in Natural Environments: Innovative Solutions Offered by Microbes
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This review surveys microbial strategies — including bacteria and fungi — capable of degrading plastic polymers in natural environments as bioremediation tools against microplastic and macroplastic pollution. Harnessing microbial biodegradation could offer scalable, low-cost solutions for breaking down persistent microplastics before they accumulate in ecosystems and food webs that expose humans to ongoing ingestion.
Plastic pollution is one of the most bothersome issues mankind is facing in the modern era because we cannot completely do away with the plastics, nor do we have enough solutions for the heaps of plastics littering our land and seas in microplastic (MP) and...
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