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Environmental Consortium Containing Pseudomonas and Bacillus Species Synergistically Degrades Polyethylene Terephthalate Plastic

Cameron Roberts, Sabrina Edwards, Morgan Vague, Rosa León-Zayas, Henry Scheffer, Gayle Chan, Natasja A. Swartz, Jay L. Mellies
Katherine McMahon, Editor
DOI: 10.1128/mSphere.01151-20

Article Information

DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.01151-20
PubMed 
33361127
Published By 
American Society for Microbiology Journals
History 
  • Received November 19, 2020
  • Accepted December 1, 2020
  • Published online December 23, 2020.
Copyright & Usage 
Copyright © 2020 Roberts et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
Editors and / or Reviewers 
  • Katherine McMahon, Editor, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Author Information

  1. Cameron Robertsa,
  2. Sabrina Edwardsa,
  3. Morgan Vaguea,
  4. Rosa León-Zayasb,
  5. Henry Scheffera,
  6. Gayle Chanc,
  7. Natasja A. Swartzc and
  8. Jay L. Melliesa
  1. aBiology Department, Reed College, Portland, Oregon, USA
  2. bBiology Department, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon, USA
  3. cChemistry Department, Reed College, Portland, Oregon, USA
  • Address correspondence to Jay L. Mellies, jay.mellies{at}reed.edu.

  • Citation Roberts C, Edwards S, Vague M, León-Zayas R, Scheffer H, Chan G, Swartz NA, Mellies JL. 2020. Environmental consortium containing Pseudomonas and Bacillus species synergistically degrades polyethylene terephthalate plastic. mSphere 5:e01151-20. https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.01151-20.

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KEYWORDS

PET plastic
pollution
bioaugmentation
Pseudomonas
Bacillus
consortia
biodegradation

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