Wood decay fungi show enhanced biodeterioration of low-density polyethylene in the absence of wood in culture media

• Prameesha Perera,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant and Molecular Biology, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

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• Harshini Herath,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant and Molecular Biology, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

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• Priyani A. Paranagama,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

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• Priyanga Wijesinghe,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

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• Renuka N. Attanayake

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: renuka@kln.ac.lk

  Affiliation Department of Plant and Molecular Biology, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4875-777X

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