ReviewMicroorganisms2022
Fungal Enzymes Involved in Plastics Biodegradation.
Review in Microorganisms, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 76 papers.
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76 citing papers in PubMed, 267 citations in OpenAlex.
- Lipases and Cutinases from Phytopathogenic and Saprobic Fungi in Plastic.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2027Article
- What we (still don't) know about wood-degrading fungi: an overview of threats and utilization potentials.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2026Review
- Barcoded mutant library enables high-throughput functional genomics in a filamentous fungus.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Earthworm Gut Microbiota as a Biological Driver of Plastic Degradation: Implications for Microplastic Mitigation.Environmental microbiology · 2026Review
- Experimental, Genomic, and Structural Evidence Supporting Putative PET-Hydrolases in Thermophilic Bacteria Isolated From Hot Springs in Cajamarca, Peru.MicrobiologyOpen · 2026Article
- Plastic-Colonizing Fungi in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea: Community Structure and Physiological and Transcriptional Responses ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Microbial and Enzymatic Degradation of Nylon: Mechanisms, Diversity, and Biotechnological Application.Journal of microbiology and biotechnology · 2026Review
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- Plastic-Degrading Microorganisms: Biodegradation Pathways and Habitat Origins.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Yeast-Mediated Plastic Biodegradation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Fiber to fragment: a review of microplastics from textile industry effluents, their detection, ecological impact, and sustainable microbial biodegradation strategies.Archives of microbiology · 2026Review
- Draft genome sequence of the plastic-degrading fungus Fusicolla acetilerea strain NIBRFGC000505922.BMC genomic data · 2026Article
- Microplastic Pollution: Advancements in Mitigation, Policy Challenges, and Future Directions.Current microbiology · 2026Review
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- Plastic additives enrich diverse bacterial communities which show the hallmarks of plastic degradation.Sustainable microbiology · 2026Article
- Fungi between threat and promise: global perspectives on health and innovation.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- Gradients of Aliveness and Engineering: A Taxonomy of Fungal Engineered Living Materials.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026Article
- Polyethylene biodegradation by cultivable fungi: review and prospects.Biodegradation · 2025Review
- Construction of a randomly barcoded insertional mutant library in the filamentous fungusbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Engineering of Synthetic Microbial Consortia for Sustainable Management of Wastewater and Polyethylene Terephthalate: A Comprehensive Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
16 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Plastic pollution is a growing environmental problem, in part due to the extremely stable and durable nature of this polymer. As recycling does not provide a complete solution, research has been focusing on alternative ways of degrading plastic. Fungi provide a wide array of enzymes specialized in the degradation of recalcitrant substances and are very promising candidates in the field of plastic degradation. This review examines the present literature for different fungal enzymes involved in plastic degradation, describing their characteristics, efficacy and biotechnological applications. Fungal laccases and peroxidases, generally used by fungi to degrade lignin, show good results in degrading polyethylene (PE) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC), while esterases such as cutinases and lipases were successfully used to degrade polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polyurethane (PUR). Good results were also obtained on PUR by fungal proteases and ureases. All these enzymes were isolated from many different fungi, from both
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