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Biodegradation activity of fungi and fungus-plant interactions in the presence of microplastics
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This entry is a dataset accompanying a 2022 publication on biodegradation activity of fungi and fungus-plant interactions in the presence of microplastics. It provides supplementary data rather than a standalone research narrative. The abstract contains insufficient detail for a complete factual summary.
The file contains data related to materials published in 2022
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