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ArticleHeliyon2020

Characteristics investigation on biofilm formation and biodegradation activities of

Kartikey Kumar Gupta, Deepa Devi

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Article in Heliyon, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Kartikey Kumar GuptaDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar, 249404, Uttarakhand, India.
Deepa DeviDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar, 249404, Uttarakhand, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The accelerated population and industrial development have caused an extensive increase in the use of plastic products. Since polyethylene degrades slowly generating poisonous compounds, therefore, elimination of plastic from the environment is the prerequisite requirement today. Biodegradation of plastics seems to be a convenient and effective method to curb this problem. In view of this, the present study focuses on LDPE degradation capability of bacterial strain

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BiofilmChemistryFTIRLDPEMicrobiologyPlasticPseudomonas aeruginosa ISJ14SEM

Identifiers

PMID32671274
PMCPMC7341359

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