-
factors are more variable. For example, a
material may have
tested as
biodegrading at a high rate in the lab may not
degrade at a high rate in a landfill...
- Two
species of the
Ecuadorian fungus Pestalotiopsis are
capable of
biodegrading polyurethane in
aerobic and
anaerobic conditions such as
found at the...
-
parabens are inexpensive, colorless, stable, odorless, and
readily biodegraded.
Methylparaben serves as a
pheromone for a
variety of
insects and is...
- non-fossil-fuel or non-polluting alternative.
Plastics biodegrade over a long
period of time, and may not
biodegrade fully (so that they are
absorbed into the ecosystemic)...
- salt of PCP, the
latter of
which dissolves easily in water. It can be
biodegraded by some bacteria,
including Sphingobium chlorophenoli****. PCP has been...
-
crude oil and
other organic substances to
rapidly decompose,
eventually biodegrading them to
carbon dioxide and water. As the
biosurfactants do
their job...
- are p****ed up the food chain. Much
floating plastic rubbish does not
biodegrade,
instead disintegrating over time and
eventually breaking down to the...
-
aetherivorans strain from lubricant-contaminated soil as a
prospective phenol biodegrading agent. The R.
aetherivorans strain showed higher efficiency in phenol...
-
power station opened in 1996, and is
powered by
methane produced by
biodegrading materials from a
large landfill site
developed since 1990 in
former open...
- oil. Oil-eating
bacteria biodegrade oil that has
escaped to the surface. Oil
sands are
reservoirs of
partially biodegraded oil
still in the
process of...
