Effects of polyethylene microplastics and addition of nitrogen sources on bacterial communities in agricultural soil and biodegradation efficiency by isolated bacterial consortia
Polyethylene microplastics (PE MPs) are emerging pollutants in agricultural soil, and biodegradation is a potential solution where microbial enzymes attack the polymer chain to use it as a nutrient (the 1st pathway) with a recent study indicated nitric oxide to have a role in PE biodegradation via the pathway of nitrog...