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ArticleMicroorganisms2025

Harnessing and Degradation Mechanism of Persistent Polyethylene Waste by Newly Isolated Bacteria from Waxworm and Termite Gut Symbionts.

Sameh Samir Ali, Jianzhong Sun, Rania Al-Tohamy, Maha A Khalil, Tamer Elsamahy, Michael Schagerl, Daochen Zhu, Shimaa El-Sapagh

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Article in Microorganisms, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Sameh Samir AliBiofuels Institute, School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7033-8387
Jianzhong SunBiofuels Institute, School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0857-2842
Rania Al-TohamyBiofuels Institute, School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
Maha A KhalilDepartment of Biology, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia.
Tamer ElsamahyBiofuels Institute, School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
Michael SchagerlDepartment of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Vienna, Djerassiplatz 1, A-1030 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-8277-7205
Daochen ZhuBiofuels Institute, School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
Shimaa El-SapaghBotany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta 31527, Egypt.

Funding

National Key Research and Development Program of China 2018YFE0107100National Key Research and Development Program of China 2023YFC3403600Taif University TU-DSPP-2024-267
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pollution from synthetic polymers, particularly low-density polyethylene (LDPE), poses a significant environmental challenge due to its chemical stability and resistance to degradation. This study investigates an eco-biotechnological approach involving bacterial strains isolated from insect guts-

Indexed as

biodegradationbioremediationinsect gut symbiontsligninase-producing bacteriapersistent pollutantsplastic polymers

Identifiers

PMID40871433
PMCPMC12388499

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