Effects of Enzyme Hydrolysis in Biofilm Formation and Biotic Degradation on Weathered Bioplastics.

Thomas D Badzinski, Ariana L Campanaro, Margaret H Brown, Clare List, R Lee Penn, Melissa A Maurer-Jones

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Article in ACS omega, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Thomas D BadzinskiDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota 55812, United States.

Ariana L CampanaroDepartment of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7932-8735

Margaret H BrownDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota 55812, United States.

Clare ListDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota 55812, United States.

R Lee PennDepartment of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9610-9507

Melissa A Maurer-JonesDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota 55812, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-6183

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Abstract

As efforts to address plastic pollution increase, new avenues are opened for the use of biologically renewable and biodegradable plastics. With the influx of these new polymer systems, it is crucial to understand the degradation processes of these polymers, particularly through disposal systems designed to manage their waste (i.e., compost). This work seeks to characterize a multistep biodegradation system by studying how enzymatic hydrolysis impacts the formation of biofilms upon weathered biodegradable aliphatic polyesters to better understand processes that should occur in composting. Poly l-lactic acid (PLLA), after varying amounts of photochemical weathering, was exposed to the esterase proteinase K followed by exposure to suspended facultative anaerobe,

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PMID40352558

DOI10.1021/acsomega.4c10602

PMCPMC12059950

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