Study of biodegradation of xenobiotic polymers with change of microbial population

Abstract

Microbial depolymerization processes of polyethylene glycol are studied. A mathematical model, developed originally for endogenous type depolymerization processes, is applied to exogenous type depolymerization processes. An inverse problem is solved numerically to determine a degradation rate. An initial value problem is solved numerically to simulate the transition of weight distribution. References

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