depolymerise
English edit
Etymology edit
de- + polymerise
Verb edit
depolymerise (third-person singular simple present depolymerises, present participle depolymerising, simple past and past participle depolymerised)
- Alternative form of depolymerize
- 2015 July 6, “Potential of Wood-Rotting Fungi to Attack Polystyrene Sulfonate and Its Depolymerisation by Gloeophyllum trabeum via Hydroquinone-Driven Fenton Chemistry”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- This may indicate that lignin-modifying enzymes in vivo are not able to depolymerise PSS, and perhaps also do not efficiently decompose other unreactive synthetic polymers.