ArticleScience advances2018
Biodegradation of synthetic polymers in soils: Tracking carbon into CO
Article in Science advances, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 86 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
86 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 484 citations in OpenAlex.
- Polyhydroxyalkanoate degradation in soils: mechanisms, controls, biological responses, and knowledge gaps.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Pooled it
- Global Meta-Analysis Integrated with Machine Learning Assesses Context-Dependent Microplastic Effects on Soil Microbial Biomass Carbon and Nitrogen.Environmental science & technology · 2025Pooled it
- An Evidence-Level Framework for Evaluating Enzyme-Mediated Plastic and Microplastic Transformation.Microorganisms · 2026Review
- Biodegradation of 13C-Labeled and Nonlabeled Aliphatic-Aromatic Polyesters in Compost: Advancing Assessments through Combined Respirometry and Residual Polyester Analysis.Environmental science & technology · 2026Article
- Global Hotspots and Trends in Microbial Plastic Biodegradation for Plastic Waste Management: A Mini-Review and Bibliometric Analysis.Microorganisms · 2026Review
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- Conventional and biodegradable microplastics elicit contrasting taxon-level responses in rhizosphere microbiomes of maize and strawberry.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2026Article
- Laboratory Synthesis, Characterization, and Py-GCMS-BasedACS omega · 2026Article
- Testing the biodegradability of difficult compounds: a future challenge for the OECD/ISO standardization.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2026Review
- Temperature Dependence of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-Environmental science & technology · 2026Article
- Harnessing bacterial power and omics technologies for sustainable plastic waste biodegradation.Biodegradation · 2026Review
- Rhizosphere accelerates breakdown of large biodegradable microplastics in soil.Environmental science and ecotechnology · 2026Article
- Quantitative methodology for poly (butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT) microplastic detection in soil and compost.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2026Article
- Biodegradable polylactic acid microplastics rewire the soil food web by impeding amoebae predation.The ISME journal · 2026Article
- Evaluation of the Biodegradability Potential of Antibacterial Poly(lactic acid)/Glycero-(9,10-trioxolane)-trialeate Films in Soil.Polymers · 2026Article
- Recent advances in poly(butylene adipate-Frontiers in chemistry · 2026Review
- Biopolymer-based hydrogel formulations for improved seed coating performance.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Degradable Alternatives to Single-Use Plastics: Mechanisms, Materials, and Strategies for Sustainable Polyolefin Replacement.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Co-presence of black soldier fly frass, soil-biodegradable mulch films, and earthworms: effects on film biodegradation, ecotoxicity, and microbial community.Journal of the science of food and agriculture · 2025Article
26 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Plastic materials are widely used in agricultural applications to achieve food security for the growing world population. The use of biodegradable instead of nonbiodegradable polymers in single-use agricultural applications, including plastic mulching, promises to reduce plastic accumulation in the environment. We present a novel approach that allows tracking of carbon from biodegradable polymers into CO
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