Enriched microbial consortia from natural environments reveal core groups of microbial taxa able to degrade terephthalate and terphthalamide

Laura G. Schaerer; Sulihat Aloba; Emily Wood; Allison M. Olson; Isabel B. Valencia; Rebecca G. Ong; Stephen M. Techtmann

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0315432

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Enriched microbial consortia from natural environments reveal core groups of microbial taxa able to degrade terephthalate and terphthalamide

Laura G. Schaerer,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9820-3452

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Sulihat Aloba,

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, United States of America
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Emily Wood,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, United States of America
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Allison M. Olson,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, United States of America
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Isabel B. Valencia,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, United States of America
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Rebecca G. Ong,

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5020-646X

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Stephen M. Techtmann

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: smtechtm@mtu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8702-9329

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Enriched microbial consortia from natural environments reveal core groups of microbial taxa able to degrade terephthalate and terphthalamide

Laura G. Schaerer,
Sulihat Aloba,
Emily Wood,
Allison M. Olson,
Isabel B. Valencia,
Rebecca G. Ong,
Stephen M. Techtmann

Published: December 27, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0315432

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