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ArticleBiodegradation2025

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) biodeterioration by microalgae: preliminary insights from the screening of indigenous species.

Dinesh Parida, Kanika Kiran, Rimjhim Sangtani, Regina Nogueira, Kiran Bala

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Article in Biodegradation, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Dinesh ParidaDepartment of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Simrol, Madhya Pradesh, 453552, India.ORCID 0000-0003-2299-1776
Kanika KiranDepartment of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Simrol, Madhya Pradesh, 453552, India.
Rimjhim SangtaniDepartment of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Simrol, Madhya Pradesh, 453552, India.ORCID 0000-0002-3321-3657
Regina NogueiraInstitute of Sanitary Engineering and Waste Management, Leibniz University Hannover, Welfengarten 1, 30167, Hannover, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2759-5035
Kiran BalaDepartment of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Simrol, Madhya Pradesh, 453552, India. kiranb@iiti.ac.in.ORCID 0000-0002-0939-5809

Funding

Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration SPARC/2024-2025/ENSU/P3631
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is a huge part of consumer products such as beverage bottles, packaging materials, and textile fibres. It contributes significantly to persistent plastic pollution in freshwater ecosystems. This study explores the biodeterioration potential of seven indigenous freshwater microalgae isolated from water bodies near Indore, India, for sustainable PET degradation without chemical pre-treatment. Algal strains were incubated with PET granules for 20 days under controlled laboratory conditions (pH-7.2, temp. 27 ± 3 °C, light intensity of 40.5 µmol/m

Indexed as

MicroalgaePolyethylene TerephthalatesBiodegradation, EnvironmentalIndiaPolyethylene TerephthalatesFTIRMicroalgaePhycoremediationPlastic pollutionPolyethylene terephthalateXRD

Identifiers

PMID40982066

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