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Production of methane and ethylene from plastic in the environment

  • Sarah-Jeanne Royer ,

    Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

    * E-mail: sjroyer@hawaii.edu (SJR); dkarl@hawaii.edu (DMK)

    Current address: International Pacific Research Center, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

    Affiliation Daniel K. Inouye Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education, School of Ocean and Earth Science & Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

    ORCID logo http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1070-8611

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  • Sara Ferrón,

    Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

    Affiliation Daniel K. Inouye Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education, School of Ocean and Earth Science & Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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  • Samuel T. Wilson,

    Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

    Affiliation Daniel K. Inouye Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education, School of Ocean and Earth Science & Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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  • David M. Karl

    Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

    * E-mail: sjroyer@hawaii.edu (SJR); dkarl@hawaii.edu (DMK)

    Affiliation Daniel K. Inouye Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education, School of Ocean and Earth Science & Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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Production of methane and ethylene from plastic in the environment

  • Sarah-Jeanne Royer, 
  • Sara Ferrón, 
  • Samuel T. Wilson, 
  • David M. Karl
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