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Aiding Biodegration by Limiting Carbon
| Défi: | Environnement | | Catégorie: | Intermédiaire | | Région: | | | Ville: | , | | École: | | | Sommaire: | Plastic resistant to biodegrading poses a major environmental threat. With easily digestible biopolymers available in nature, few microorganisms developed weak abilities to disintegrate plastic. The study aims to accelerate bacterial biodegradation activity by limiting carbon source to plastic therefore forcing microorganisms to adapt and upregulate necessary metabolic pathways. Pseudomonas demonstrated biodegradation activity acceleration from 1.39% in carbon-saturated to 21.335% in carbon-restricted mediums in three months. |
| Prix | Valeur | Prix de la Société de toxicologie
Intermédiaire
Sponsor: | 750,00 $ | Prix d'excellence - Intermédiaire
Médaille de bronze
Sponsor: Sciences jeunesse Canada | | Bourse d’études de Western University
Médaillé de bronze - Bourse d'admission de 1 000 $
Sponsor: Université Western | 1 000,00 $ | | Total | 1 750,00 $ | |
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