depolymerise

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ polymerise.

Verb

depolymerise (third-person singular simple present depolymerises, present participle depolymerising, simple past and past participle depolymerised)

1. 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], →DOI:

     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.