Increases in nitrogen (N) availability reduce decay rates of highly lignified plant litter. Although microbial responses to N addition are well documented, the chemical mechanisms that may give rise ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Soil organic matter decomposition is limited at waterlogged conditions by the low activity of extracellular enzymes like phenol oxidases. In ...

Oxazaphosphorine cytostatics (Cyclophosphamide, Ifosfamide) are often used and very effective anticancer agents; but so far little is known about the molecular basis for the antitumor effect. The ...

One way in which enzymes are used in nature is by bacteria to decompose plant parts. It has been known for some time that some enzymes, so-called polyester-cleaving hydrolases, can also degrade PET.

Most of the plastic we use doesn’t get recycled. Instead, it ends up in landfills, where it can take as long as 450 years for it to fully decompose. Engineers and scientists at the University of Texas ...

A Korean research team has developed a technology that uses 'betaine', a substance produced in cells, to decompose plastic. A joint research team—led by Professor Kyung-Heon Kim of the Department of ...