Biodegradation of polyethylene terephthalate microplastics by Paenibacillus naphthalenovorans PETKKU2: Response surface optimization and genomic evidence for an alternative degradation mechanism

• Aophat Choonut,

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

  Affiliations Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Technology, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Research Group for Development of Microbial Hydrogen Production Process from Biomass, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

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• Nantharat Wongfaed,

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

  Affiliations Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Technology, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Research Group for Development of Microbial Hydrogen Production Process from Biomass, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

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• Auraiwan Poolpol,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Technology, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

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• Sophon Boonlue,

  Roles Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

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• Kitirote Wantala,

  Roles Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6768-1996

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• Onruthai Pinyakong,

  Roles Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0014-1690

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• Pensri Plangklang ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: penspl@kku.ac.th (PP); alissara@kku.ac.th (AR)

  Affiliations Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Technology, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Research Group for Development of Microbial Hydrogen Production Process from Biomass, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

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• Alissara Reungsang

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: penspl@kku.ac.th (PP); alissara@kku.ac.th (AR)

  Affiliations Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Technology, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Research Group for Development of Microbial Hydrogen Production Process from Biomass, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Academy of Science, Royal Society of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7836-032X

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