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Biodegradation, plastic pollution
Mexico

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BreakPET: Toluca, Estado de México, MX

2023-03-01 to present | Research Leader (Research and development)
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Itzel Gaytán

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México: Coyoacan, Distrito Federal, MX

2016-06-14 to present | PhD student (Bioquímica)
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Itzel Gaytán

Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo: Mexico, DF, MX

2012 to 2015 | Senior specialists in Petroleum Microbiology and Biotechnology (Molecular engineering )
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Campus Morelos: Cuernavaca, Morelos, MX

2008 to 2010 | Master in Biochemical Sciences (Ingeniería celular y biocatálisis )
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Sociedad Mexicana de Bioquímica : Ciudad de México , MX

2017 to present | Student member
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Works (7)

Genetic basis for the biodegradation of a polyether-polyurethane-acrylic copolymer by a landfill microbial community inferred by metagenomic deconvolution analysis

Science of The Total Environment
2023-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0048-9697
Contributors: Ayixon Sánchez-Reyes; Itzel Gaytán; Julián Pulido-García; Manuel Burelo; Martín Vargas-Suárez; M. Javier Cruz-Gómez; Herminia Loza-Tavera
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Synthesis, characterization and biodegradation studies of polyurethanes: Effect of unsaturation on biodegradability

Chemosphere
2022-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0045-6535
Contributors: Itzel Gaytán
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Current status on the biodegradability of acrylic polymers: microorganisms, enzymes and metabolic pathways involved

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
2021-02-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Itzel Gaytán; Manuel Burelo; Herminia Loza-Tavera
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Degradation of Recalcitrant Polyurethane and Xenobiotic Additives by a Selected Landfill Microbial Community and Its Biodegradative Potential Revealed by Proximity Ligation-Based Metagenomic Analysis

Frontiers in Microbiology
2020-01-22 | Journal article
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Novel Metabolic Pathway for N -Methylpyrrolidone Degradation in Alicycliphilus sp. Strain BQ1

Applied and Environmental Microbiology
2017-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0099-2240
Contributors: Claudia Julieta Solís-González; Lilianha Domínguez-Malfavón; Martín Vargas-Suárez; Itzel Gaytán; Miguel Ángel Cevallos; Luis Lozano; M. Javier Cruz-Gómez; Herminia Loza-Tavera; Rebecca E. Parales
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Effects of indigenous microbial consortia for enhanced oil recovery in a fragmented calcite rocks system

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
2015-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0920-4105
Contributors: I. Gaytán; M.Á. Mejía; R. Hernández-Gama; L.G. Torres; C.A. Escalante; Ana Muñoz-Colunga
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Azotobacter vinelandii lacking the Na+-NQR activity: a potential source for producing alginates with improved properties and at high yield

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
2012-06-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0959-3993
Contributors: Itzel Gaytán; Carlos Peña; Cinthia Núñez; María S. Córdova; Guadalupe Espín; Enrique Galindo
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