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Van Krevelen DW, Te Nijenhuis K (2009) Properties of polymers. Elsevier, Amsterdam
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ibiod.2015.03.030
Vivi VK, Martins-Franchetti SM, Attili-Angelis D (2018) Biodegradation of PCL and PVC:
Chaetomium globosum (ATCC 16021) activity. Folia Microbial 64:1–7. https://doi.org/10.1007/
s12223-018-0621-4
Vroblesky DA (2001) User’s guide for polyethylene-based passive diffusion bag samplers to
obtain volatile organic compound concentrations in wells: deployment, recovery, data interpretation, and quality control and assurance. US Department of the Interior, US Geological Survey
Wang LF, Rhim JW, Hong SI (2016) Preparation of poly (lactide)/poly (butylene adipate-coterephthalate) blend films using a solvent casting method and their food packaging application.
LWT Int J Food Sci Technol 68:454–461. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2015.12.062
Wang Z, Zhang X, Wang R, Kang H, Qiao B, Ma J, Zhang L, Wang H (2012) Synthesis and characterization of novel soybean-oil-based elastomers with favorable processability and tunable
properties. Macromol 45:9010–9019. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma301938a
Webb HK, Arnott J, Crawford RJ, Ivanova EP (2012) Plastic degradation and its environmental
implications with special reference to poly (ethylene terephthalate). Polymers 5:1–18. https://
doi.org/10.3390/polym5010001
Wei R, Zimmermann W (2017) Microbial enzymes for the recycling of recalcitrant
petroleum- based plastics: how far are we? Microb Biotechnol 10:1308–1322. https://doi.
org/10.1111/1751-7915.12710
Wieczorek AM, Croot PL, Lombard F, Sheahan JN, Doyle TK (2019) Microplastic ingestion by
gelatinous zooplankton may lower efficiency of the biological pump. Environ Sci Technol Lett.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b07174
Wierckx N, Prieto MA, Pomposiello P, Lorenzo V, O’connor K, Blank LM (2015) Plastic waste
as a novel substrate for industrial biotechnology. Microbiol Biotechnol 8:900–903. https://doi.
org/10.1111/1751-7915.12312
Wilkes RA, Aristilde L (2017) Degradation and metabolism of synthetic plastics and associated
products by Pseudomonas sp.: capabilities and challenges. J Appl Microbiol 123(3):582–593.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jam.13472
Yang J, Yang Y, Wu WM, Zhao J, Jiang L (2014) Evidence of polyethylene biodegradation by bacterial strains from the guts of plastic-eating waxworms. Environ Sci Techno 48:13776–13784.
https://doi.org/10.1021/es504038a
Yoshida S, Hiraga K, Takehana T, Taniguchi I, Yamaji H, Maeda Y, Toyohara K, Miyamoto K,
Kimura Y, Oda K (2016) A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly (ethylene terephthalate). Science 351(6278):1196–1199. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aad6359
Zalasiewicz J, Waters CN, do Sul JAI, Corcoran PL, Barnosky AD, Cearreta A, Edgeworth M,
Gałuszka A, Jeandel C, Leinfelder R, McNeill JR (2016) The geological cycle of plastics and
their use as a stratigraphic indicator of the anthropocene. Anthropocene 13:4–17. https://doi.
org/10.1016/j.ancene.2016.01.002
Zeglin LH (2015) Stream microbial diversity in response to environmental changes: review and synthesis of existing research. Front Microbiol 6:454. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00454
Zettler ER, Mincer TJ, Amaral-Zettler LA (2013) Life in the “plastisphere”: microbial communities on plastic marine debris. Environ Sci Technol 47:7137–7146. https://doi.org/10.1021/
es401288x
A. Kumari et al.
Van Krevelen DW, Te Nijenhuis K (2009) Properties of polymers. Elsevier, Amsterdam
Varjani SJ, Rana DP, Jain AK, Bateja S, Upasani VN (2015) Synergistic ex-situ biodegradation of crude oil by halotolerant bacterial consortium of indigenous strains isolated from on
shore sites of Gujarat, India. Int Biodeter Biodegr 103:116–124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
ibiod.2015.03.030
Vivi VK, Martins-Franchetti SM, Attili-Angelis D (2018) Biodegradation of PCL and PVC:
Chaetomium globosum (ATCC 16021) activity. Folia Microbial 64:1–7. https://doi.org/10.1007/
s12223-018-0621-4
Vroblesky DA (2001) User’s guide for polyethylene-based passive diffusion bag samplers to
obtain volatile organic compound concentrations in wells: deployment, recovery, data interpretation, and quality control and assurance. US Department of the Interior, US Geological Survey
Wang LF, Rhim JW, Hong SI (2016) Preparation of poly (lactide)/poly (butylene adipate-coterephthalate) blend films using a solvent casting method and their food packaging application.
LWT Int J Food Sci Technol 68:454–461. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2015.12.062
Wang Z, Zhang X, Wang R, Kang H, Qiao B, Ma J, Zhang L, Wang H (2012) Synthesis and characterization of novel soybean-oil-based elastomers with favorable processability and tunable
properties. Macromol 45:9010–9019. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma301938a
Webb HK, Arnott J, Crawford RJ, Ivanova EP (2012) Plastic degradation and its environmental
implications with special reference to poly (ethylene terephthalate). Polymers 5:1–18. https://
doi.org/10.3390/polym5010001
Wei R, Zimmermann W (2017) Microbial enzymes for the recycling of recalcitrant
petroleum- based plastics: how far are we? Microb Biotechnol 10:1308–1322. https://doi.
org/10.1111/1751-7915.12710
Wieczorek AM, Croot PL, Lombard F, Sheahan JN, Doyle TK (2019) Microplastic ingestion by
gelatinous zooplankton may lower efficiency of the biological pump. Environ Sci Technol Lett.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b07174
Wierckx N, Prieto MA, Pomposiello P, Lorenzo V, O’connor K, Blank LM (2015) Plastic waste
as a novel substrate for industrial biotechnology. Microbiol Biotechnol 8:900–903. https://doi.
org/10.1111/1751-7915.12312
Wilkes RA, Aristilde L (2017) Degradation and metabolism of synthetic plastics and associated
products by Pseudomonas sp.: capabilities and challenges. J Appl Microbiol 123(3):582–593.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jam.13472
Yang J, Yang Y, Wu WM, Zhao J, Jiang L (2014) Evidence of polyethylene biodegradation by bacterial strains from the guts of plastic-eating waxworms. Environ Sci Techno 48:13776–13784.
https://doi.org/10.1021/es504038a
Yoshida S, Hiraga K, Takehana T, Taniguchi I, Yamaji H, Maeda Y, Toyohara K, Miyamoto K,
Kimura Y, Oda K (2016) A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly (ethylene terephthalate). Science 351(6278):1196–1199. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aad6359
Zalasiewicz J, Waters CN, do Sul JAI, Corcoran PL, Barnosky AD, Cearreta A, Edgeworth M,
Gałuszka A, Jeandel C, Leinfelder R, McNeill JR (2016) The geological cycle of plastics and
their use as a stratigraphic indicator of the anthropocene. Anthropocene 13:4–17. https://doi.
org/10.1016/j.ancene.2016.01.002
Zeglin LH (2015) Stream microbial diversity in response to environmental changes: review and synthesis of existing research. Front Microbiol 6:454. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00454
Zettler ER, Mincer TJ, Amaral-Zettler LA (2013) Life in the “plastisphere”: microbial communities on plastic marine debris. Environ Sci Technol 47:7137–7146. https://doi.org/10.1021/
es401288x
A. Kumari et al.