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SUBMITTER: Brown MH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10786133 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Brown Margaret H MH Badzinski Thomas D TD Pardoe Elizabeth E Ehlebracht Molly M Maurer-Jones Melissa A MA
ACS materials Au 20231102 1
Polylactic acid (PLA) and bioplastics alike have a designed degradability to avoid the environmental buildup that petroplastics have created. Yet, this designed biotic-degradation has typically been characterized in ideal conditions. This study seeks to relate the abiotic to the biotic degradation of PLA to accurately represent the degradation pathways bioplastics will encounter, supposing their improper disposal in the environment. Enzymatic hydrolysis was used to study the biodegradation of PL ...[more]