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Bio Innovation of a Circular Economy for Plastics

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Publications

Assessing the Time Dependence of AOPs on the Surface Properties of Polylactic Acid

Author(s): Charalampia Kalogirou, Oliver Höft, Anna Gödde, Nikolaos Papadimitriou, Pavlos K. Pandis, Christos Argirusis, Georgia Sourkouni
Published in: Journal of Polymers and the Environment, 2022, ISSN 1566-2543
Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10924-022-02608-w

Antimicrobial Active Bioplastics Using Triangular Silver Nanoplate Integrated Polycaprolactone and Polylactic Acid Films

Author(s): Eduardo Lanzagorta Garcia; Olivia A. Attallah; Marija Mojicevic; Declan M. Devine; Margaret Brennan Fournet
Published in: Materials, Issue 14/5/1132, 2021, Page(s) 1132, ISSN 1996-1944
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/ma14051132

Mixta tenebrionis sp. nov., isolated from the gut of the plastic-eating mealworm Tenebrio molitor L.

Author(s): Mengli Xia, Jialei Wang, Yi-Xin Huo, Yu Yang
Published in: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, Issue 70/2, 2020, Page(s) 790-796, ISSN 1466-5026
Publisher: Society for General Microbiology
DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.003826

Biodegradation of polyurethane by the microbial consortia enriched from landfill

Author(s): Tianyuan Su, Tong Zhang, Pan Liu, Junling Bian, Yi Zheng, Yingbo Yuan, Qingbin Li, Quanfeng Liang & Qingsheng Qi
Published in: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2023, ISSN 0175-7598
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-023-12418-2

A Circular Bioprocess for the Sustainable Conversion of Polyethylene Terephthalate to Muconic Acid with an Engineered Pseudomonas Putida

Author(s): Liu, Pan and Zheng, Yi and Yuan, Yingbo and Zhang, Tong and su, tianyuan and Li, Qingbin and Liang, Quanfeng and Qi, Qingsheng
Published in: SSRN, 2022, ISSN 1556-5068
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6569441

Macro and Micro Routes to High Performance Bioplastics: Bioplastic Biodegradability and Mechanical and Barrier Properties

Author(s): Olivia A. Attallah; Marija Mojicevic; Eduardo Lanzagorta Garcia; Muhammad Azeem; Yuanyuan Chen; Shumayl Asmawi; Margaret Brennan Fournet
Published in: Polymers, Issue 13/13, 2021, Page(s) 2155, ISSN 2073-4360
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym13132155

Rendering Bio-Inert Low Density Polyethylene Amenable For Biodegradation Via Fast High Throughput Reactive Extrusion Assisted Oxidation

Author(s): Pablo Ferrero, Olivia A. Attallah, Miguel Ángel Valera, Ivana Aleksic, Muhammad Azeem, Jasmina Nikodinovic-Runic, Margaret Brennan Fournet
Published in: Journal of Polymers and the Environment, 2021, ISSN 1572-8919
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1016043/v1

Computational Redesign of a PETase for Plastic Biodegradation under Ambient Condition by the GRAPE Strategy

Author(s): Yinglu Cui, Yanchun Chen, Xinyue Liu, Saijun Dong, Yu’e Tian, Yuxin Qiao, Ruchira Mitra, Jing Han, Chunli Li, Xu Han, Weidong Liu, Quan Chen, Wangqing Wei, Xin Wang, Wenbin Du, Shuangyan Tang, Hua Xiang, Haiyan Liu, Yong Liang, Kendall N. Houk, Bian Wu
Published in: ACS Catalysis, Issue 11/3, 2021, Page(s) 1340-1350, ISSN 2155-5435
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c05126

Polyhydroxyalkanoate/Antifungal Polyene Formulations with Monomeric Hydroxyalkanoic Acids for Improved Antifungal Efficiency

Author(s): Marina Pekmezovic; Melina Kalagasidis Krusic; Ivana Malagurski; Jelena Milovanovic; Karolina Stępień; Maciej Guzik; Romina Charifou; Ramesh Babu; Kevin O’Connor; Jasmina Nikodinovic-Runic
Published in: Antibiotics, 2021, ISSN 2079-6382
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics10060737

Cellulosimicrobium composti sp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium isolated from compost

Author(s): Hu Lin, Xia Mengli, Gao Xi,Yi-XinHuo
Published in: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, Issue 71/7, 2021, Page(s) 4905, ISSN 1466-5034
Publisher: Microbiology Society
DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004905

Bioconversion of terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol into bacterial cellulose by Komagataeibacter xylinus DSM 2004 and DSM 46604

Author(s): Asiyah Esmail, Ana T. Rebocho, Ana C. Marques, Sara Silvestre, Alexandra Gonçalves, Elvira Fortunato, Cristiana A. V. Torres, Maria A. M. Reis, Filomena Freitas
Published in: Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2022, ISSN 2296-4185
Publisher: Frontiers
DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.853322

Editorial: Bio-Technological Processes and Enzymes for the Conversion and Valorization of Plastic Wastes

Author(s): Evangelos Topakas, Jasmina Nikodinovic-Runic, Qingsheng Qi
Published in: Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2022, ISSN 2296-4185
Publisher: Frontiers
DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.873068

Valorization of Polyethylene Terephthalate to Muconic Acid by Engineering Pseudomonas Putida

Author(s): Pan Liu,Yi Zheng,Yingbo Yuan,Tong Zhang,Qingbin Li,Quanfeng LiangORCID,Tianyuan Su and Qingsheng Qi
Published in: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022, ISSN 1422-0067
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/ijms231910997

Enhanced Antimicrobial Activity of Biocompatible Bacterial Cellulose Films via Dual Synergistic Action of Curcumin and Triangular Silver Nanoplates

Author(s): Eduardo Lanzagorta Garcia,Marija Mojicevic,Dusan Milivojevic,Ivana Aleksic,Sandra Vojnovic,Milena Stevanovic,James Murray,Olivia Adly Attallah,Declan Devine and Margaret Brennan Fournet
Published in: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022, ISSN 1422-0067
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/ijms232012198

Composite Films of Thermoplastic Starch and CaCl2 Extracted from Eggshells for Extending Food Shelf-Life

Author(s): Jeovan A. Araujo, Yvonne J. Cortese, Marija Mojicevic, Margaret Brennan Fournet, Yuanyuan Chen
Published in: Polysaccharides, Issue 2/3, 2021, Page(s) 677-690, ISSN 2673-4176
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polysaccharides2030041

Fast, High Monomer Yield from Post-consumer Polyethylene Terephthalate via Combined Microwave and Deep Eutectic Solvent Hydrolytic Depolymerization

Author(s): Olivia A. Attallah; Arno Janssens; Muhammad Azeem; Margaret Brennan Fournet
Published in: ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, Issue 9/50, 2021, Page(s) 17174–17185, ISSN 2168-0485
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c07159

Progressing Plastics Circularity: A Review of Mechano-Biocatalytic Approaches for Waste Plastic (Re)valorization

Author(s): Nikolaivits Efstratios, Pantelic Brana, Azeem Muhammad, Taxeidis George, Babu Ramesh, Topakas Evangelos, Brennan Fournet Margaret, Nikodinovic-Runic Jasmina
Published in: Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2021, ISSN 2296-4185
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.696040

Upcycling Biodegradable PVA/Starch Film to a Bacterial Biopigment and Biopolymer

Author(s): Brana Pantelic; Marijana Ponjavic; Vukasin Jankovic; Ivana Aleksic; Sanja Stevanovic; James Murray; Margaret Brennan Fournet; Jasmina Nikodinovic-Runic
Published in: Polymers, 2021, ISSN 2073-4360
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym13213692

Investigation of Abortiporus biennis lignocellulolytic toolbox, and the role of laccases in polystyrene degradation

Author(s): Anastasia Zerva, Romanos Siaperas, George Taxeidis, Maria Kyriakidi, Stamatina Vouyiouka, Georgios I. Zervakis, Evangelos Topakas
Published in: Chemosphere, 2022, ISSN 0045-6535
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.137338

Nitrogen Fixation and Diazotrophic Community in Plastic-Eating Mealworms Tenebrio molitor L

Author(s): Yu Yang, Lin Hu, Xiaoxi Li, Jialei Wang, Guishan Jin
Published in: Microbial Ecology, 2022, ISSN 1432-184X
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-021-01930-5

Intestinirhabdus alba gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel genus of the family Enterobacteriaceae, isolated from the gut of plastic-eating larvae of the Coleoptera insect Zophobas atratus

Author(s): Ziyu Xu, Mengli Xia, Yi-Xin Huo, Yu Yang
Published in: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, Issue 70/9, 2020, Page(s) 4951-4959, ISSN 1466-5026
Publisher: Society for General Microbiology
DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004364

Understanding bioplastic materials - current state and trends

Author(s): Sanja Jeremic, Jelena Milovanovic, Marija Mojicevic, Sanja Skaro-Bogojevic, Jasmina Nikodinovic-Runic
Published in: Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, Issue 00, 2020, Page(s) 51-51, ISSN 0352-5139
Publisher: Documenta Chemica Yugoslavia
DOI: 10.2298/jsc200720051j

Study of PLA pre-treatment, enzymatic and model-compost degradation, and valorization of degradation products to bacterial nanocellulose

Author(s): Georgia Sourkouni, Sanja Jeremić, Charalampia Kalogirou, Oliver Höfft, Marija Nenadovic, Vukasin Jankovic, Divya Rajasekaran, Pavlos Pandis, Ramesh Padamati, Jasmina Nikodinovic‑Runic, Christos Argirusis
Published in: World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2023, ISSN 0959-3993
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-023-03605-4

Ultrafast, Optimized Hydrolytic Depolymerization of Polyethylene Terephthalate Using a Dissolution/Degradation Approach

Author(s): Olivia A. Attallah, Arno Janssens, Muhamad Azeem, Margaret Brennan Fournet
Published in: Chemistry Proceedings, 2022, ISSN 2673-4583
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/eccs2021-11111

Triggering and identifying the polyurethane and polyethylene-degrading machinery of filamentous fungi secretomes

Author(s): Taxeidis G, Nikolaivits E, Siaperas R, Gkountela C, Vouyiouka S, Pantelic B, Nikodinovic-Runic J, Topakas E. 
Published in: Environmental Pollution 2023 , 2023, ISSN 0269-7491
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7767083

Biodegradation and mineralization of polystyrene by plastic-eating superworms Zophobas atratus

Author(s): Yu Yang, Jialei Wang, Mengli Xia
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 708, 2020, Page(s) 135233, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135233

A Review on Biological Synthesis of the Biodegradable Polymers Polyhydroxyalkanoates and the Development of Multiple Applications

Author(s): Dalton Bryan; Bhagabati Purabi; De Micco Jessica; Babu Padamati Ramesh; O'Connor Kevin
Published in: Catalysts, 2022, ISSN 2073-4344
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/catal12030319

Novel Transaminase and Laccase from Streptomyces spp. Using Combined Identification Approaches

Author(s): Erica E. Ferrandi; Jelena Spasic; Lidija Djokic; Yevhen Vainshtein; Ramsankar Senthamaraikannan; Sandra Vojnovic; Christian Grumaz; Daniela Monti; Jasmina Nikodinovic-Runic
Published in: Catalysts, 2021, ISSN 2073-4344
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/catal11080919

Microbial Degradation and Valorization of Plastic Wastes

Author(s): Jiakang Ru, Yixin Huo, Yu Yang
Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology, Issue 11, 2020, ISSN 1664-302X
Publisher: Frontiers Media
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00442

Characterization of the Thermostable Biosurfactant Produced by Burkholderia thailandensis DSM 13276

Author(s): Cátia V. Gil, Ana Teresa Rebocho, Asiyah Esmail, Chantal Sevrin, Christian Grandfils, Cristiana A. V. Torres, Maria A. M. Reis and Filomena Freitas
Published in: Polymers, 2022, ISSN 2073-4360
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym14102088

Progressing Ultragreen, Energy-Efficient Biobased Depolymerization of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) via Microwave-Assisted Green Deep Eutectic Solvent and Enzymatic Treatment

Author(s): Olivia A. Attallah, Muhammad Azeem, Efstratios Nikolaivits, Evangelos Topakas, Margaret Brennan Fournet
Published in: Polymers, Issue 14/1, 2021, Page(s) 109, ISSN 2073-4360
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym14010109

Myroides albus sp. nov., isolated from the gut of plastic-eating larvae of the coleopteran insect Zophobas atratus

Author(s): Mengli Xia, Lin Hu, Yi-Xin Huo, Yu Yang
Published in: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, Issue 70/10, 2020, Page(s) 5460-5466, ISSN 1466-5026
Publisher: Society for General Microbiology
DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004429

Key Points of Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) for Wastewater, Organic Pollutants and Pharmaceutical Waste Treatment: A Mini Review

Author(s): Pavlos K. Pandis; Charalampia Kalogirou; Eirini Kanellou; Christos Vaitsis; Maria G. Savvidou; Georgia Sourkouni; Antonis A. Zorpas; Christos Argirusis
Published in: ChemEngineering, 2022, ISSN 2305-7084
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/chemengineering6010008

Bacterial nanocellulose as green support of platinum nanoparticles for effective methanol oxidation

Author(s): Marijana Ponjavic, Sanja Stevanovic, Jasmina Nikodinovic-Runic, Sanja Jeremic, Vladan R. Cosovic, Vesna Maksimovic
Published in: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2022, ISSN 0141-8130
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.10.278

Study on the influence of advanced treatment processes on the surface properties of polylactic acid for a bio-based circular economy for plastics

Author(s): Georgia Sourkouni, Charalampia Kalogirou, Philipp Moritz, Anna Gödde, Pavlos K. Pandis, Oliver Höfft, Stamatina Vouyiouka, Antonis A. Zorpasd, Christos Argirusis
Published in: Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, Issue 76, 2021, ISSN 1350-4177
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2021.105627

Triggering and identifying the polyurethane and polyethylene-degrading machinery of filamentous fungi secretomes

Author(s): Taxeidis G, Nikolaivits E, Siaperas R, Gkountela C, Vouyiouka S, Pantelic B, Nikodinovic-Runic J, Topakas E. 
Published in: Environ Pollut. 2023 , 2023, ISSN 0269-7491
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121460

Synthesis and characterization of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) precursors and potential degradation products: Toxicity study and application in discovery of novel PETases

Author(s): Milica Djapovic; Dusan Milivojevic; Tatjana Ilic-Tomic; Marija Lješević; Efstratios Nikolaivits; Evangelos Topakas; Veselin Maslak; Jasmina Nikodinovic-Runic
Published in: Chemosphere, 2021, ISSN 0045-6535
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4592133

A polyesterase from the Antarctic bacterium Moraxella sp. degrades highly crystalline synthetic polymers

Author(s): Efstratios Nikolaivits, George Taxeidis, Christina Gkountela, Stamatina Vouyiouka, Veselin Maslak, Jasmina Nikodinovic-Runic, Evangelos Topakas
Published in: Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022, ISSN 0304-3894
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128900

Production of Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) and Factors Impacting Its Chemical and Mechanical Characteristics

Author(s): Blaithín McAdam, Margaret Brennan Fournet, Paul McDonald, Marija Mojicevic
Published in: Polymers, Issue 12/12, 2020, Page(s) 2908, ISSN 2073-4360
Publisher: Polymers
DOI: 10.3390/polym12122908

Potential one-step strategy for PET degradation and PHB biosynthesis through co-cultivation of two engineered microorganisms

Author(s): Pan Liu; Tong Zhang; Yi Zheng; Qingbin Li; Tianyuan Su; Qingsheng Qi
Published in: Engineering Microbiology, Issue 1, 2021, ISSN 2667-3703
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.engmic.2021.100003

Biodegradation of vulcanized rubber by a gut bacterium from plastic-eating mealworms

Author(s): Xiaotao, Cheng; Mengli, Xia; Yu, Yang
Published in: Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023, ISSN 0304-3894
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.130940

Ultrafast 99% Polyethylene terephthalate depolymerization into value added monomers using sequential glycolysis-hydrolysis under microwave irradiation

Author(s): Muhammad Azeem, Margaret Brennan Fournet, Olivia A.Attallah
Published in: Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2022, ISSN 1878-5352
Publisher: King Saud University
DOI: 10.1016/j.arabjc.2022.103903

Discovery and Biochemical Characterization of a Novel Polyesterase for the Degradation of Synthetic Plastics

Author(s): Efstratios Nikolaivits, Evangelos Topakas, Phaedra Dimopoulou, Veselin Maslak, Jasmina Nikodinovic-Runic
Published in: Proceedings of 1st International Electronic Conference on Catalysis Sciences, 2020, Page(s) 7572
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/eccs2020-07572

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