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- Microbial integration of plastics in the circular economy (MIPLACE)Matysik, JörgDuration: 12/2019 – 11/2022Funded by: EU Europäischer Fonds für regionale Entwicklung (EFRE)Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Institut für Analytische Chemie
- Microbial enzymes for the treatment of non-recycled plastic fractionsMatysik, JörgDuration: 06/2020 – 05/2024Funded by: EU Europäische UnionInvolved organisational units of Leipzig University: Analytische Chemie - Molekülspektroskopie
- Sonnendecker, C.; Oeser, J.; Richter, P. K. et al.Low Carbon Footprint Recycling of Post-Consumer PET Plastic with a Metagenomic Polyester HydrolaseChemSusChem. 2021.
- Zimmermann, W.Biocatalytic recycling of polyethylene terephthalate plasticPhil. Trans. R. Soc. A . 2020.
- Sonnendecker, C.; Thurmann, S.; Przybylski, C.; Zitzmann, F.; Heinke, N.; Krauke, Y.; Monks, K.; Robitzki, A.; Belder, D.; Zimmermann, W.Large‐Ring Cyclodextrins as Chiral Selectors for Enantiomeric PharmaceuticalsAngew. Chem. Int. Ed.. 2019. pp. 6411–6414.
- Wei, R.; Zimmermann, W.Microbial enzymes for the recycling of recalcitrant petroleum-based plastics: how far are we?Microbial Biotechnology. 2017.
- Wei, R.; Song, C.; Gräsing, D.; Schneider, T.; Bielytskyi, P.; Böttcher, D.; Matysik, J.; Bornscheuer, U.; Zimmermann, W.Conformational fitting of a flexible oligomeric substrate does not explain the enzymatic PET degradationNature Communications. 2019. 10 (1). p. 5581.
Research fields
Environment, environmental protection, ecology, Biochemistry, Microbiology
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