Review
  • Microbial and Enzymes That Can Regulate Plastic Degradation

  • Hwicheol Shin* , Sojin Eem*, Soyeon An*, Dongyeop X. Oh**,† , and Dong-Ku Kang*, ***, ****,†

  • *Department of Chemistry, Incheon National University, Incheon 22012, Korea
    **Department of Polymer Science and Engineering and Program in Environmental and Polymer Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Korea
    ***Bioplastic Research Center, Incheon National University, Incheon 22012, Korea
    ****Research Institute of Basic Sciences, Incheon National University, Incheon 22012, Korea

  • 생분해성 플라스틱 분해 조절을 위한 미생물 및 효소 기술

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This Article

  • 2024; 48(4): 345-360

    Published online Jul 25, 2024

  • 10.7317/pk.2024.48.4.345
  • Received on May 24, 2024
  • Revised on Jun 2, 2024
  • Accepted on Jun 7, 2024

Correspondence to

  • Dongyeop X. Oh** , and Dong-Ku Kang*, ***, ****

  • *Department of Chemistry, Incheon National University, Incheon 22012, Korea
    **Department of Polymer Science and Engineering and Program in Environmental and Polymer Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Korea
    ***Bioplastic Research Center, Incheon National University, Incheon 22012, Korea
    ****Research Institute of Basic Sciences, Incheon National University, Incheon 22012, Korea

  • E-mail: d.oh@inha.ac.kr, dkkang@inu.ac.kr