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Biodegradability of poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) and poly(ε-caprolactone) via biological carbon cycles in marine environments
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Approximately 4.8–12.7 million tons of plastic waste has been estimated to be discharged into marine environments annually by wind and river currents. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation warns that the total weight of plastic waste in the oceans will exceed the total weight of fish in 2050 if the environmental runoff of plastic continues at the current rate. Hence, biodegradable plastics are attracting attention as a solution to the problems caused by plastic waste. Among biodegradable plastics, polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) and poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) are particularly noteworthy because of their excellent marine biodegradability. In this review, the biosynthesis of PHA and cutin, a natural analog of PCL, and the biodegradation of PHA and PCL in carbon cycles in marine ecosystems are discussed. PHA is biosynthesized and biodegraded by various marine microbes in a wide range of marine environments, including coastal, shallow-water, and deep-sea environments. Marine cutin is biosynthesized by marine plants or obtained from terrestrial environments, and PCL and cutin are biodegraded by cutin hydrolytic enzyme-producing microbes in broad marine environments. Thus, biological carbon cycles for PHA and PCL exist in the marine environment, which would allow materials made of PHA and PCL to be quickly mineralized in marine environments.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Suzuki, M., Tachibana, Y., & Kasuya, K.-I.
- Venue
- Polymer Journal
- Published
- 2020-09-07
- Volume
- 53
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 47-66
- ISSN
- 0032-3896 (ISSN-L)
- 1349-0540
- OpenAlex
- W3083639101
- Cited by
- 293
- References
- 134
- FWCI
- 6.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
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