Xiaomin Zhu1, Youren Duan1, Jianqi Lu1

  • 1Key Laboratory for Waste Plastics Biocatalytic Degradation and Recycling, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China.

Frontiers in microbiology
|September 10, 2025
PubMed
概括

这项研究引入了一种细菌乳酸酶系统,用于降解聚氨 (PU) 塑料. 该酶有效地分解PU泡,为塑料的生物降解和回收提供了一条新的途径.

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