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ArticleToxics2026

Impact of Plasticizers on the Microbial Degradation of Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB).

Yan Zhao, Yugo Matsumura, Peng-Cheng Zhao, Isha, Dubok Choi, Young-Cheol Chang

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Article in Toxics, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Review
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

6 authors.

Yan ZhaoCourse of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Division of Sustainable and Environmental Engineering, Muroran Institute of Technology, Muroran 050-8585, Hokkaido, Japan.ORCID 0009-0001-7595-2909
Yugo MatsumuraCourse of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Division of Sustainable and Environmental Engineering, Muroran Institute of Technology, Muroran 050-8585, Hokkaido, Japan.
Peng-Cheng ZhaoCourse of Chemical and Biological System, Department of Sciences and Informatics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Muroran Institute of Technology, Muroran 050-8585, Hokkaido, Japan.
IshaCourse of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Division of Sustainable and Environmental Engineering, Muroran Institute of Technology, Muroran 050-8585, Hokkaido, Japan.
Dubok ChoiDepartment of Science and Technology Convergence, Graduate School of Chosun University, Gwangju 61452, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-4098-0643
Young-Cheol ChangCourse of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Division of Sustainable and Environmental Engineering, Muroran Institute of Technology, Muroran 050-8585, Hokkaido, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6197-5974

Funding

Iwatani Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Engineering 2024JSPS KAKENHI 24K11471Ogasawara Foundation 2023Promoting Future Creation (Muroran Institute of Technology) 2025
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) is a biodegradable polyester considered a sustainable alternative to petroleum-based plastics. However, its biodegradation in the presence of plasticizers remains poorly defined. This study investigated the impact of phthalate ester- and glycol-based plasticizers on PHB degradation by

Indexed as

additivesbiodegradationPHBRalstonia sp. C1

Identifiers

PMID41893463
PMCPMC13030448

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