Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are toxic, carbon-based chemicals that resist environmental degradation and accumulate through food webs, posing global health and ecological risks. Microbial ...

Microbial biodegradation of hydrocarbon contaminants represents a cornerstone of sustainable remediation, harnessing the metabolic versatility of bacteria, fungi and archaea to transform ...

Researchers have identified more than 600,000 microbial proteins capable of breaking down natural and synthetic plastics, revealing a far broader biodegradation potential across microbes than ...

A team of researchers in China has developed a promising biotechnological approach that could help communities worldwide tackle the challenge of wastewater contamination by hormone-like pollutants.

To date, several different microorganisms have been found to participate in the biodegradation of various synthetic plastic materials following their isolation from the soil of plastic-dumping sites, ...

Using spill-treating agents to clean up oil spills does not significantly hinder naturally occurring oil biodegradation, according to a new study. The research, published in Applied and Environmental ...

In phase 1, specific microorganisms, like bacteria and fungi, colonize the surface of the plastic material. These microorganisms can either be present naturally in the environment or added ...