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Sind konventionelle Kunststoffe mikrobiell abbaubar?

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Conventional synthetic polymers such as polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polystyrene (PS), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyurethane (PU), and polyamide (PA) belong to the most important plastics in terms of produced quantities, and comprise hydrolysable and nonhydrolysable polymers. This article highlights important aspects and limitations of the microbial degradability of these materials from a biochemical, physiological, and ecological perspective, and in the context of previous own work.

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  1. Department Umweltmikrobiologie, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung, Leipzig, Deutschland

    Dietmar Schlosser

  2. Department Umweltmikrobiologie, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung (UFZ), Permoserstraße 15, D-04318, Leipzig, Deutschland

    Dietmar Schlosser

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Dietmar Schlosser Jahrgang 1964. Biologiestudium an der Universität Jena, dort 1993 Promotion und 1993–2000 wissenschaftlicher Assistent am Lehrstuhl für Angewandte und ökologische Mikrobiologie. 2000–2005 Nachwuchsgruppenleiter am Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung (UFZ), Leipzig. Seit 2005 wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter und Leiter der Arbeitsgruppe Umweltmykologie am Department Umweltmikrobiologie des UFZ.

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Schlosser, D. Sind konventionelle Kunststoffe mikrobiell abbaubar?. Biospektrum 24, 375–378 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12268-018-0932-7

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