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Current Progress and Potential Microbial Cornucopia for Plastic Degradation
Summary
This review surveys current progress in identifying and leveraging microbial diversity — including bacteria, fungi, and algae — capable of degrading various plastic polymers across environmental matrices. Microbial plastic degradation represents one of the most promising biological pathways for reducing accumulated microplastic loads in soils and waterways, with potential to lower the chronic environmental and dietary exposure burden on both wildlife and humans.
Plastic pollution has emerged to be the biggest global concern in the modern day. The production of large volumes and different varieties of plastics has led to their huge accumulation and contamination in environmental matrices. Along with plastics, there are...