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Jul 2026
Microbial Bioremediation of Microplastic Pollution for a Sustainable Ecosystem and Greener Future: A Review
This review summarizes the current understanding of microbial–polymer interactions, including surface colonization, biofilm-mediated depolymerization, and intracellular uptake of degradation intermediates, and discusses recent developments in enzyme engineering, strain optimization employing the CRISPR method, and synthetic biology approaches improving catabolic efficiency.
Babita Thakur, Sukhminderjit Kaur, Manikant Tripathi et al.
· Applied microbiology · 2 citations