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 ARE WE TOO FAR FROM RECYCLING? ABSTRACT Plastics are one of the backbones of environmental pollution. Factors like hydrophobic nature and crystalline nature and size of the polymer resist biodegradation . Chemicals used to degrade nonbiodegradable plastics cause pollution in terrestrial as well as marine ecosystems.   Biodegradable plastics take a shorter time to be degraded. However, these plastics also cause environmental damages and take some time to get completely degraded by biotic and abiotic factors. Researchers find that numerous microbial enzymes are capable of degrading fragments of biodegradable polymers through bio-catalysis. INVOLVEMENT OF BIODEGRADING ENZYMES OF THE MICROORGANISMS Polymers are nonbiodegradable due to their nonhydrolyzable groups attached. MnP from white-rot fungi Phanerochaete chrysosporeum  ME-446 and the isolate IZU-154 are the main enzymes of biodegradation of PE. Alkane hydroxylases act as biocatalytic degradation of hydrocarbons by t...

HISTORICAL YOGHURT ON ITS JOURNEY HISTORY AND PROCESSING OF YOGHURT  YOGURT, the backbone of probiotics comes from the Turkish name 'JUGURT'. People are consuming yoghurt for centuries and its benefits are unbelievable. Its taste and health benefits are more than enough to mesmerize you! Yoghurt is mainly a fermented product made out of milk and used as probiotics for the past several years.  PROCESSING: yoghurt is processed from pasteurized milk to avoid unnecessary unwanted microbial growth. The fermentation is done by some starter cultures that turn lactose sugar into lactic acid. After fermentation of pasteurized milk, the product is stored in a cool place for getting ready.  The main microbes used for curdling are  Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus. INDUSTRIAL INTEREST  in yoghurt is high these days because of the increasing number of consumers. YOGHURT AS PROBIOTICS  PROBIOTICS  are the good bacteria that are consumed for he...