ArticleMicrobial genomics2022
Insights into plastic biodegradation: community composition and functional capabilities of the superworm (
Article in Microbial genomics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.
- Potential routes of plastics biotransformation involving novel plastizymes revealed by global multi-omic analysis of plastic associated microbes.Scientific reports · 2024Pooled it
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- Single-Thallus Genomics of Ejectosporus trisporus, an Unculturable Stonefly Gut Fungal Symbiont.Environmental microbiology · 2026Article
- Host metabolic integration enables superior polystyrene degradation in cockroaches.Environmental science and ecotechnology · 2026Article
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- Insights into Microbial Enzymatic Biodegradation of Plastics and Microplastics: Technological Updates.ACS environmental Au · 2025Review
- The Effect of Larval Exposure to Plastic Pollution on the Gut Microbiota of the Major Malaria Vector Anopheles arabiensis Patton (Diptera: Culicidae).Environmental microbiology reports · 2025Article
- Investigating the Polystyrene (PS) Biodegradation Potential ofLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Exploring the molecular interface of gene expression dynamics and prostate cancer susceptibility in response to HBCD exposure.Toxicology research · 2025Article
- Microbiological and Physicochemical Approach in the Feeding of Superworm (Microorganisms · 2024Article
- Mitogenomic profiling and gut microbial analysis of the newly identified polystyrene-consuming lesser mealworm in Kenya.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Biodegradation: the best solution to the world problem of discarded polymers.Bioresources and bioprocessing · 2024Review
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- Evaluation of the Deterioration of Untreated Commercial Polystyrene by Psychrotrophic Antarctic Bacterium.Polymers · 2023Article
- Why have we not yet solved the challenge of plastic degradation by biological means?PLoS biology · 2023Article
- Trait biases in microbial reference genomes.Scientific data · 2023Article
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- Chemistry must respond to the crisis of transgression of planetary boundaries.Chemical science · 2022Review
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Plastics are inexpensive and widely used organic polymers, but their high durability hinders biodegradation. Polystyrene, including extruded polystyrene (also known as styrofoam), is among the most commonly produced plastics worldwide and is recalcitrant to microbial degradation. In this study, we assessed changes in the gut microbiome of superworms (
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