Microbial and Enzymes That Can Regulate Plastic Degradation

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Biodegradable plastics have been developed as a replacement for non-degradable plastics to respond to climate change and achieve carbon neutrality and are growing in technological and industrial terms. However, the biodegradability of biodegradable plastics does not meet what is required from user aspects, and various demands are being made to control the decomposition speed and initiating time points. Therefore, multiple studies have recently been actively conducted to accelerate the decomposition of biodegradable plastics under aerobic and anaerobic conditions, particularly research on the discovery and improvement of biodegradable microorganisms and enzymes. In this paper, we aim to provide information for controlling the decomposition of biodegradable plastics by summarizing recent research on microorganisms and the enzymes.

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