Enzymatic Plastic Degradation: Volume 648

Enzymatic Plastic Degradation, Volume 648 in the Methods in Enzymology series, continues the legacy of this premier serial with chapters authored by leaders in the field. Chapters in this latest release include Evaluating plastic pollution and environmental degradation, Assessment methods for microplastic pollution in the oceans and fresh water, Exploring microbial consortia from various environments for plastic degradation, Characterization of filamentous fungi for attack on synthetic polymers via biological Fenton chemistry, Synthesis of radioactive-labeled nanoplastics for assaying the environmental (microbial) PS degradation, Exploring metagenome for plastic degrading enzymes, Cutinases from thermophilic bacteria (actinomycetes): from identification to functional and structural characterization, and much more.

Autorentext
Gert Weber is at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Germany Prof. Uwe Bornscheuer from Greifswald University is a leading expert in enzymatic lipid modification as documented in numerous peer-reviewed publications, reviews as well as patents. He has received several scientific awards including the Chevreul Medal (French Lipid Society, 2012), the Normann Medal (DGF, Germany, 2014) and the Stephen S. Chang Award (AOCS, 2015).Ren Wei is at Universität Greifswald, Germany

Inhalt

1. Evaluating plastic pollution and environmental degradation
   Pia Skoczinski
   2. Assessment methods for microplastic pollution in the oceans and fresh water
   Chengjun Sun
   3. Exploring microbial consortia from various environments for plastic degradation
   Basak Öztürk and Ingrid Eileen Meyer Cifuentes
   4. Characterization of filamentous fungi for attack on synthetic polymers via biological Fenton chemistry
   Dietmar Schlosser
   5. Culturing various mealworms for the degradation of PS/PE and the corresponding analysis of gut microbiota
   Wei-Min Wu
   6. Synthesis of radioactive-labeled nanoplastics for assaying the environmental (microbial) PS degradation
   Rong Ji
   7. Exploring metagenome for plastic degrading enzymes
   Wolfgang Streit
   8. Cutinases from thermophilic bacteria (actinomycetes): from identification to functional & structural characterization
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   9. Ideonella sakaiensis & PETase and MHETase: from identification of microbial PET degradation to enzyme characterization
   Kohei Oda
   10. Design of novel PETase mutants by machine-learning/AI-based strategy
   Bian Wu
   11. High throughput screening assays for PET/PU hydrolase activities
   Ren Wei
   12. Methods for evaluating the biodegradability of PET
   Chen Song
   13. Heterogeneous kinetic analysis of the enzymatic PET hydrolysis
   Thomas Maskow
   14. Adhesion peptide promoted and selective degradation of mixed plastics for enabling recycling
   Shohana Subrin Islam
   15. Adsorption study of plastic degrading enzymes and monomer conversion for synthesis of virgin polymers
   Georg M. Guebitz
   16. Characterization and screening of microbial degradation of PU
   Luc Averous
   17. Structural and functional characterization of the PET oligomer degrader (MHETase, Carboxylesterases, etc.)
   Gert Weber and Gottfried J. Palm
   18. Structural and functional characterization of nylon hydrolases
   Seiji Negoro
   19. Bioprocess engineering for PET recycling
   Alain Marty
   20. Engineering enzymes for embedding in PLA mulching films for rapid environmental degradation
   Alain Marty
   21. The use of degraded plastic monomers as substrates for microbial growth and production of biodegradable plastics (and their biodegradation)
   Tanja Narancic
   22. Culturing and engineering bacterial strains for up-cycling of plastic degradation products
   Till Tiso
   23. Screening and cultivating microbial strains able to grow on degradation intermediates from polyurethane
   Christian Eberlein
   24. Engineering microalgae as a whole cell biocatalyst for PET degradation
   Daniel Moog
   25. Yeast Cell Surface Display Bacterial PETase as a Reusable Biocatalyst for Degradation of Highly Crystallized Polyethylene Terephthalate
   Zefang Wang